International Day of the Boy Child: Speaking Life Into Our Sons

Isn’t it funny how this is my very first post for International Day of the Boy Child? Just three months ago, I wouldn’t be bothered or have given it any thought. But today, as I am holding my son and nursing him, it suddenly means something to me.

Motherhood is truly a beautiful thing. What a life-transforming journey. 

When Boys Are Seen

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Today is International Day of the Boy Child and for the first time in my entire lifetime, it matters to me. Not just to celebrate, but to INTERCEDE.

I think about the boys I know — the ones I’ve dated, taught, coached, prayed with, worked with and watched grow.

And I wonder:

Who taught them how to feel? Who told them they are enough without proving it? Who fathered their hearts?

We celebrate girls (rightly so), we fight for women (we must), but what of the boy?

When will we begin to see him not just as a FUTURE MAN. FUTURE HUSBAND. FUTURE FATHER but as a soul in need of nurturing NOW?