My sons try to rescue me on a daily basis. Sometimes at inconvenient times.
Up to my elbows in soap suds over the sink and they swoop into the kitchen, “Is ‘dere an emergency, mama? You need to be rescued?”
Vacuuming the living room and little bodies leap from sofa to sofa, “Watch us fly mama, look, Look!”
Putting away laundry, and blankets are appropriated and promptly tied around necks, transformed into capes. “We help you, mama! You need help?”
Any chore is automatically transformed into an act of bravery by my two favorite super heroes.
When I watch the eagerness with which they rush to my side; when I see the delight glinting in their eyes; when I sense the commitment in their spirits to rescue the right from the wrong, I see the fingerprints of the only true Hero. I recognize Him underneath their capes, and masks, and spiderweb shooters.
Psalm 146:7-9
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners free,8 the Lord gives sight to the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the righteous.9 The Lord watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
This is the DNA built into our boys. And part of the explanation for why they thrive on stories of web slingers, muscle men, and caped avengers. Let’s revel in the stories together with them; spin beautiful heroic tales. Because these can be the ultimate road map for directing our sons back to what true heroism looks like. Right up to the point of being willing to give up all of who we are to save all of someone else.
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My boys are always rescuing each other. I love how they hold each other when one gets hurt. I think it is really important to teach boys empathy and they are slowly getting it. Thank God.
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