Recently, I attended my daughter’s prom. 

For the first time, I saw ‘me’ in her and I was not sure if that was good.  Being a single mother, I believe a pre-disposition is given for our children to be single parents and insecure.  My daughter started with two possible escorts and ended up with none.   As I observed her interaction, she only socialized seconds with people and then moved on.  She moved to the music where she stood but did not dance.  She busied herself with her friend’s needs.  I struggled with insecurity and the feeling that I never ‘fit’.  Now, that I am a Mom and minister to others, I realized in my own life, that what I thought was not ‘fitting’ was actually God setting me apart.  It is called ‘chosen’ and ‘peculiar’. 

Leviticus 20:26 states, You are to be holy to me  because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.  My confidence was increased to know this was the Lord’s doing.  I remembered my dream of her before she was born and the promise from the Lord.  Yes, we do give a predisposition to our children because many times they mock what they see, but an inheritance and promise from Christ trumps them all.