Dedicating our son Elias

Wow what a commitment to dedicate our son to the Lord. What does dedicating mean anyways? From what I have come to know,  a Baby Dedication is a ceremony in which believing parents, and sometimes entire families, make a commitment before the Lord to submit a child to God's will and to raise that child according to God's Word and God's ways. 

I feel like in some ways I fail at this with our first child, and I know I will fail at this with our next, over and over again. I wish I would pray for my babies and not just a quick two minute prayer but deep meditating prayers that comes from my heart and soul. I pray God will guide me and help me to take this parenting seriously. My hopes is to pray for my kids on a daily basis and I pray that I will continue to have a healthy marriage and family life for years to come because of my willingness to follow God's Will for my own life.  

What do I want for my son?

I want him to know God as his personal Lord and Savior but I also want him to see God as his best friend, his everything, his number 1. I want him to serve and know God more than he serves and knows anyone or anything. I want him to fear God. I want him to be a man of God. I want him to strive to do God's will. 

"As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there. 1 Samuel 1:26-28