My nephew lost his mother some years ago, and his real father does not wish to have anything to do with him. He turns 5 in a month or so, and he has begun asking questions about his parents, and it has caused him some pain. I will therefore ask you to pray for him so that he may find comfort in some way (bc no matter how much his uncles and grandparents try, they can never be his parents).
It would make me very happy if you will do that, I love that boy of all my heart
I will pray for your nephew; but if I may, can I tell you to start telling him God is his mother and father, God said that he will be a father to the fatherless and a mother to the motherless. and at his age you can start molding him to love the Lord and hate the devil. for the devil is the cause of all evil that happens to people and and in people. show him how to pray for his daddy and let him know if he knew Jesus that he would do right by him. tell him to pray that Jesus would enter his heart and that God would close his dad's ears to the lies of the devil. never talk bad about his dad to he or around him. no matter what his dad do. for this child do not deserve to grow up with anger and hatred. it would do him harm and not the person you are speaking bad about. I did this with my sons, I told them that God will help their dad and I know if it was not for satan their dad would always be theere, tell him all good and leave the bad out, he will find that out on his own and then he will be old enough to decide if hi dad is a good person or bad and he will know how to deal with it. but let him grow up without the pain of know someone don't want to be a man. and for his mother don't let him ever go too long without hearing how much she loved him and what you think it would have been like with them if she was still hear and tell him how wonderful of a women/mother she was'. make sure you smile big when talking about her.
I would let him know that it is not him his dad doesn't want; just that his dad does not know how to be a dad, this way he won't grow up feeling rejected or abandon.
tell him over and over how much God loves him and will take care of him and love him.
My son dad died before he was born, and all I did was talk to him about his dad, the things he dad did and his good and only the funny bad. he grew up knowing his dad even if he never got to see him alive and he love his dad family he's always around them, he also knew that it was because the devil cause people to do evil things and bring sickness and pain in the world and God is going to stop him oneday that no one else will die and all the Good God do for us through his Son Jesus, my sons love their dads and love God the more. I tought them to trust God, I did not preach to them nor did I force God on them; I just told them how powerful God is and all he has done for me and other people. and why the world is the way it is, and why people are the way they are. and let them decide.
My other sons dad was on drugs and couldn't stey out of jail.
my son at the age of eight asked me why his dad don't love him; his exact words. I told him his dad do love him but he needs help and I asked my son do he want to pray that God would give his dad the help he needed, and we prayed. his dad was in and out of jail until my son was 16yrs old but he never heard anythng bad about his dad from me or anyone who knew his dad. It was not for my son dad, but it was for my son, I know if we grow up with anger, hatred, feelings of rejection or adandonment it will unconciously do or except bad things, I was one of those people and God tought me to use my life to make a better one for my sons.
all I am saying that don't fill his heart with things that will hurt him now and carry over into his adult life. fill him with Love; your love and the Love of God and forgivness,
thank God he have you, and I pray God give you the wisdom , knowledge, and understanding to raise him up in the way he should go that when he is old he will not depart from it. and become a mighty man of God. and bless you with the desirers of your heart
