Reaching the hearts of boys for the Gospel & preparing a generation of men to love the Lord
Here’s your opportunity to show off your favorite photos of:
HOW AMAZING! To enter the challenge, just join our flickr group (free) and upload your favorite photos of those wild and wacky, bold and beautiful boys (up to three)! Whatcha waitin for??? Get clicking!
They stand cheering, gathering around the stopwatch to see who bested who this time. If that weren’t enough, now they pull out “the ramp.” As they prop it against a huge cinder block and prepare to launch toward it, it’s all I can do not to go racing myself toward the sidewalk.
There’s so much I want to protect them from; it’s only natural. Not only physical hurts, but the wounds of the heart – betrayal of a friend, disappointment, even that lost first love.
I think back, though, to one particular instance. One day we were sitting around the dinner table reminiscing, and the oldest reminded me of the time he put his finger on a light bulb – to see if Mom was right. I remember when he sheepishly showed me the tiny blister, and we talked about bigger dangers, about how Mom wasn’t trying to fence him in or take away his fun; she was trying to protect him.
What followed, though, I didn’t expect. Unknown to me, each one of our four boys had done the same kind of thing! At some crazy, curious age, they had tempted fate (and God and Mom) by, as it were, “touching the light bulb.” I thanked the Lord that these were small forays into danger, but it made me realize how little I really did control as a mom.
I watched as friends turned on them at times, hurting all the while. But I couldn’t step in and make it all right. These were hard lessons, but lessons best learned in youth while they had the love of a caring family and a haven at home. Mom was there to listen, to pray, to encourage, and to build up. Having three brothers – built in buddies – didn’t hurt either.
My boys’ protection? I can do my best, and I must. But ultimately, they’re in the hands of One who’s bigger and stronger and loves them even more than I do. I remind myself of that every day.
The last Friday of each month we give you an opportunity to show off your favorite photos of:
HOW AMAZING!
To enter the challenge, just join our flickr group (free) and upload your favorite photos of those wild and wacky, bold and beautiful boys (up to three)!
Each month we’ll have a sponsor for Boys in Motion. Which means that everyone who participates will be entered to win something fun from that month’s sponsor! Today, our official Boys in Motion sponsors are the fine folks from Spiffy Decals! Spiffy Decals was so impressed by a recent article written here at the MOB Society, by our own Lindsey Hartz, that they decided to create a wall decal based on her heart rules. Take a look…
This decal can be cut up to approx. 23 inches square. The Heart Rules are a great decal for applying to a tile, and displaying in your home, or on the wall. And one of you will win your very own just by participating in Boys in Motion!
Whatcha waitin for??? Get clicking!
{The winner of this Boys in Motion photo challenge is…….
Bohemian Bowman’s Bird Watching picture! Email us at themobsociety (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize!}
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POST UPDATE!! THIS JUST IN!!!
The M.O.B. Society now has a Flickr Group! Whoot!
We’re changing things up on you a bit (sorry!) Instead of having a link-up here each week, we’ve decided to move Boys in Motion to Flickr (free photo-sharing resource). The rules will be the same as those outlined below, but starting next month, there will NOT be a linky at the bottom of the post. Instead, there will be a link to our Flickr group. You can find instructions on how to upload there from here. All you need to join Flickr is a yahoo, google or facebook account. Easy peasy!
For this post, we’ll count both entries to the linky below AND any photos that are uploaded to our Flickr group (ending 5/6/11) for the giveaway.
If you’re interested in sponsoring Boys in Motion, please contact us at themobsociety (at) gmail (dot) com.
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Can I just tell you that I’m soooooooo excited about this post today? Why, you ask (yes you did!)?
Because today, the Boys in Motion photography challenge is coming to live at the MOB Society!
Our girl Erin has been hosting it at her blog for the last several months, but we decided that it needed to live here. And we couldn’t be more excited about it!
This is your chance friends! Show off those boys of yours!
The last Friday of each month we’ll give you an opportunity to link up your favorite photos of:
Each month we’ll have a sponsor for our link-up. Which means that everyone who participates will be entered to win something fun from that month’s sponsor! Today, our official Boys in Motion sponsors are the fine folks from The Boys Store!
They’re giving away a $30 gift card to Chili’s! Um…yes please!
To enter, just link up your Boys in Motion picture!
If you don’t blog, you can still link up by opening a free Flickr account, uploading your pics there and then linking directly to the URL of your picture(s) below. How fun?!
So what are you waiting for??? Link-up!
This challenge giveaway ends 5/6/11
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