Carrying a son

The day we found out we are expecting a son, I was overwhelmed with joy and delight knowing God has gifted us a SON that has been prepared with so much care for us. I kind of felt it since the beginning of the pregnancy, I cannot explain it, but I knew in my heart I am carrying a son. The Lord told me years ago that one day I will have a son. A little lion who will do extraordinary things for this broken world.

The next day after we found out about our wonderful little boy, the war broke in Ukraine. This broke my heart. Absolute shocked at the horror of this war. So much hurt and tears for the innocent Ukrainians.

Children and women started leaving the country straight away. The men had to remain behind to fight and protect their country, whether they had an military training or not, they had to remain behind.

I can only say one word about this war: evil. It’s just pure evil. Why ? Why ? Why ?

I was so emotionally affected by the tragic events that every morning on the train on my way to work I found myself crying on the train. And as I started praying for the people in Ukraine, for the families, the women, the children, the men - whose lives turned upside down from one day to another, I felt God started to ignite a sense of Justice in my heart like never before. I could feel His heart ache at the damage that the enemy was doing in Ukraine.

His heart hurt, and He wept with those who were and still are weeping.

As I was on the train every day I started looking at the men around me. And started thinking, our son will be one day a man. My heart jumped of joy at this urge to see our son a fighter for justice. A real man. Who stands out to speak for the voiceless. For the poor. For the weak. For the lonely. Give him a shepherd heart Lord and the courage of a lion. Use our son to to extraordinary work in this world. Fill him with Your Holy Spirit as I carry him in my womb.

In a world full of confusion where the enemy has worked over time to make men less men, fearful, ridiculously feminine, cowards, selfish, childish, being more busy being on their phones than looking around to see if a woman needs their seat. Ohhh how far the manhood has come from what a man should be.

And now there is this awful war in Ukraine where men are forced to pick up the guns and fight for their country while being separated from their wives and children. Ohhh things are definitely being shaken. I pray that the manhood that was created so uniquely by God himself, will awaken in every man and any spirit of confusion will disappear. That men will be real men again. Gentlemen.

Our son is strong and courageous. He is brave as a lion and gentle as a lamb. That he will do extraordinary things for this broken world. A man of justice. A defender of the weak. A loving father and husband. Filled with the spirit of God. On fire in preaching the good news of Jesus to the lost. Oh Lord anoint him to be a great man of God. As you took David from being a little shepherd boy to being king, make our son a true man of God.

Stop this war Lord. Fill these Ukrainian men with Your spirit. Protect them and give them Victory.

A new generation of godly men is rising up. And one of them is our son.