What Makes My Kids Cry Today

By Lizzie @ What Makes My Kid Cry Today

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Psalm 121:8 Devotional

📖 “The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” — Psalm 121:8 (KJV)

📝 Reflection

There’s something about sending them off that squeezes your heart a little tighter.

The backpack looks too big.

The classroom feels too far.

And somehow, the silence after drop-off is louder than the chaos before it.

Whether it’s kindergarten or middle school or just a new routine—you wonder:

Will they be okay?

Will they feel safe?

Will they remember who they are?

Psalm 121:8 doesn’t say maybe.

It says the Lord will watch over their coming and going—both now and forevermore.

That means He’s there in the hallway.

He’s there when they feel nervous.

He’s there when you’re not.

You may not be able to go with them… but God does.

🙏 Prayer

Lord,

Thank You for watching over my child—when they leave my arms and walk into a new day.

Calm their nerves. Protect their heart.

Go before them, beside them, and behind them.

Let them feel Your presence, even in the unfamiliar.

Remind me that when I release them, You still hold them.

Amen.

💛 A Note for the Mama Heart

As lunchboxes fill and shoes go on the wrong feet and first-day tears threaten to fall (yours or theirs)… take a breath.

God goes back to school with them.

You’re not sending them out alone.

You’re sending them into His care.

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