Her Articles Vol. I
A Parent’s Covering
I am reminded of the Story of Hanna in 1st Samuel 1, whom God decided to give her a child called Samuel. God knew who this child was, so He had to instruct Hanna on the child’s name, ministry and purpose. The same applies to us and it even applied to Jesus; God had to appear to his parents Mary (Luke 1; 28-38) and Joseph (Matthew 2; 13) with the name and purpose of this child. Even when danger lingered God would appear to Joseph to tell him that the child is in danger. When the danger was gone God would come back and say those that wanted to kill the baby are dead (Matthew 2; 20).
God’s purpose for parenthood is for a child to have a covering. Above all else God wants children to have a godly covering that will train the child in the ways of God because God wants godly seed. A child that has parents is covered; they do not have to worry about what to eat, dress and where to sleep- they are covered! Parents are there to stand in the gap, to fight their children’s battles and secure them and their future.
A child that does not have a covering is exposed to danger. That is why when the biological parents are not there God will always raise up a covering, be it through relatives or even spiritual parents like pastors. But many has misinterpreted the idea of spiritual covering to a point where some have become church puppets while others look down on the church because of this concept.
When my mother died, who was my sibling’s and I’s only parent; we were left alone, like a sheep without a shepherd. No one in the relatives’ stepped up to fill the gap and void of a missing parent. So I had to grow up and become my own mother, fight for myself, correct myself and even learn how to cover up for myself. There was no one to correct me (which was surprising because those that were there to just point at my mistakes and spat on me for my mistakes were always there). I became a hustler in my own right. I had to make it work for myself, no matter what it took. Even if I was wrong, I could not be corrected. I took correction as ridicule and critiscm and no matter how wrong I was, I stuck with it. I had to stand up for myself because if I didn’t who would?
This became more difficult because when my spiritual parents stepped up to be my covering. I did not understand why I all of a sudden had to submit, be accountable and even involve someone else into my life. I was used to crying alone, trying by myself and I was fine with it- or so I thought! Yet I knew that deep down I was secretly crying, yearning to be a child, to be loved for who I was, to be embraced even in my silly mistakes without judgment and ridicule. I was longing to be corrected and advised with love. I needed someone, I so much missed being a child. So being so hard on myself and convincing myself that I did not need anyone was just a defense mechanism that I used to cover my insecurities. Boyfriends did not help because like the saying goes ‘you attract who you are’. So as broken as I was I attracted broken guys. I bled they flooded, so they just added salt to the wound.
When Jacob met Joseph in Egypt during the famine, the first thing he did was to adopt Joseph’s two sons as his own to a point where he when he was ready to die he imparted the Israel covenant blessing on the boys. Jacob realized that the Egyptian atmosphere Joseph was in was going to contaminate the generation that God was looking for so he adopted the boys to preserve the future of Israel (Genesis 48;5). Therefore the issue of adoption both in the physical and the spiritual is a godly thing. Somebody needs to step up when there is no parent and be the covering. This is why God Himself states that He is the Father to the fatherless. So you might be without parents now, God can be your father, He is your Father, so let Him be.
Many children are gangsters, thieves, murderers, prostitutes, they are rebellious and angry etc. this is a sign of a secret cry of a fatherless and parentless generation. It is the hearts of the Mephibosheth’s that were dropped and left handicapped by their nurses. It is a cry of destinies that do not have a voice over their lives.
Fathers and mothers we need you. Arise and cover us. There is a seed of greatness in us that needs you to pull it out and recognize before our silly selves’ about our own destinies.
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