There is A King In You

I recently wrote about how our daughters and wives need covering.  Today, I want to covering our sons.  There are far too many boys walking around in the bodies of full grown men.

How can I make that statement?  Easy - when I was a child, I thought like a child, I acted like a child.  When I became a man, I put away childish things.  I matured and took life seriously.  I took on the responsibilities of a man.  I did the things that men do.  I stood up for what was right spiritually, morally, ethically and in my marriage and fatherhood.

Just today, I looked at a boy stuck in a man's body walking with a child of about 3 years old.  The two of them walked by in in the grocery store, pants barely holding up, boxers showing, and shoes flopping.  The father had the nerve to say to the child, "get your swagger on"  The child needs to learn to read, speak proper English, how to respect himself and others, and the basic fundamentals of life - not how to swagger and walk around with his pants on the ground!!!!  I don't care if you are African American, Caucasian, or pink with purple polka dots - teach your son how to be a man!!!!

Take them to school so that the teacher knows you are an active part of your son's life.  Ask the right questions when there are issues in school.  Don't accept what is written on a piece of paper as the final answer.  Open your mouth and ask what you can do as the father to help your son at home.  Find out what the school system has for resources.  If you child has a learning disability, find out how to treat it and then do your part to work with him. Your son needs to know that he is covered.

Don't allow life to pass you by and your son can't cope with the issues of life because you didn't stand up for him and get him some help.  There are far too many moms out there, doing the work of both parents.  Take some of the load off of her and do something man!!!!  You better believe my son's school knows me for more than my baking and cooking ability.  They know that I am going to show up, speak up, and check up.  If I don't like the answers, I will go to the next level until I have gotten all the way to the state board of education.

My kids mean that much to me.  The game can wait, washing the car can wait, hanging with the boys can wait, going to gym can wait.  If he can't read, do math and write well - stop blaming the school and get your butt moving to help the kid.

It's like this, I pray a prayer with my son at night where he confesses that he is a prince, a royal priesthood.  Why?  Kids believe what they confess and what they hear you say they are.  There is a king inside of my son.  He has a love of reading now, that I had a kid.  I love that I can walk into his room and instead of playing video games, I catch him reading for more than an hour - and, I didn't tell him to do it.

He was inspired by the Blind Side movie, and surprisingly  he compared himself to Michael Oher.  He recognized he was a big kid for his age, that he had challenges reading and comprehending and that he also had a love of football.  He must have watched that movie every night for 3 months.  He wants to do better in school and make us even more proud of him than we already are.  We assure him that he just needs to do his best, pay attention and try to remember what he was taught.

Of course, we would love for him to get straight A's, but we are going to love him no matter what if he doesn't, as long as he did his best and tried hard.  In covering him, we paid for reading and math programs online to help him.  Yes, he gets frustrated when he doesn't get it right away, but that's part of the learning process.  He has an amazing support system in his school and we are grateful that they get back to us quickly.

So men, stop acting like boys!!!!  Speak up for your son - he won't forget it.  You need to model for him, what a man is supposed to look like, act like and be like.  Earn the title of "DAD" that he will be proud to tell everyone that you are his.  My heart is full when I see my son at school and his face lights up when he sees me walking in.  All of his classmates tell him, "I wish my dad came to eat lunch with me"  His response - "just ask him"

Donald Lawrence has a song entitled "There Is A King In You":  He says - there is branch inside the twig, a king inside the prince.  Our son name means "Who Is Like God, Priceless" and we see God in him, and he is priceless to us - just like his sisters are.

Dad cover your son and tell him ' There Is A King In You.  Even if you didn't get it as a child, don't you want better for your son.  I determined that the cycle ended with my father, and that I would be a better man, husband and father than he never was.  The bonding process with my son can't be bought for or by, anything.  He is not going to be the next thug on the corner if I can help and the Lord blesses me to raise him to be a man.  Our boy - is a prince being groomed to be the king!!!