Take the helmet of salvation…….

Ephesians 6:17 tells us about the armor of God, specifically the helmet of salvation and as Jerad and I begin the process of acclimating the boys to helmets, I have never taken this scripture more literately. We picked up the boys helmets yesterday and had them fitted and it wasn’t an enjoyable experience as the orthotics team would put them on them and make marks as to where they needed to shave some here and there. Vaughn’s helmet was more challenging as we are trying to fit his helmet to also wear glasses. The boys wore the helmet for an hour last night. There is a learning curve to getting the helmets on and off so I am praying that we will learn how to maneuver the helmets quickly. I am staring at these camo looking hats as I type thinking I will not let these pieces of armor intimidate me. The boys do not like them and the only way they wore them yesterday for a short time was because we let them watch baby Einstein. Me being me, we gave them baths before we put them in them for the first time so they could be clean and so I just put them in their pajamas for the night. That was a little too much heat for the first wear! Asher was so hot and his little cheeks were bright red. So we are already learning….we were given a schedule as how long to wear the helmets each day to get them into wearing them for 23 hours a day. Today is officially day 1 and yet, I think it will really start tomorrow as the boys are going to Grandma and Grandpa’s tonight. We have to move slowly with our boys but we can’t take too long getting into them as we are approaching their corrected first year and that is when the head doesn’t allow as much shaping.

I am nervous to begin this journey as it is going to be tough on everyone. They have to learn to eat, sleep, and do everything in these helmets. In my prayers asking for God’s favor as we do what we know is best for the twins, He reminded me of His armor. The boys already are not good eaters and to add another element to feeding time is scary. The one thing the boys are good at is sleeping and it hurts my heart knowing we have to ask them to sleep in the helmets. As parents one of my ongoing prayers is to pray the armor over them, and so I am going to use the helmets as a reminder to pray for Vaughn and Asher‘s salvation. What an honor it is to pray over their minds and speak scripture to them, these helmets will be a constant visual of the authority He has given us! Would you pray alongside us that this transition would be smooth and that the helmets would re-shape their heads quickly?!

Ephesians 6:10-18

“Finally be strong in the Lord and in his might power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground and after you have done everything to stand. Stand firm then with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this take up the shield of faith, which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the world of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayer and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for the saints.”