As godly mothers we have a wonderful - sometimes overwhelming - responsibility, to continually bring our children before the throne of God. This is to show that we are fully dependent on Him to accomplish His will in their lives, and not in our own ability.

But there is one thing we are not called to do... It is to beg God to answer our prayers! You see, begging is for beggars... and we are not beggars, we are children of God. As children, we can simply go to our Heavenly Father and pray with the confidence that He hears us and will answer us.

A few years ago, when I just had four children and when the oldest was still three, I loaded them all up to go on a walk. After the final sippy cup had found a place and we were ready to go, my two-year-old turned to me and said, “Wow! You have your hands full!”

She could have just as well said, “Don’t you know what causes that?” or “Are they all yours?!”