Sunday, May 24, 2009

A child's prayer

It is a real joy to see my child learning what we have been teaching her. We have been working on how to pray. The other day she was sitting on the couch and folds her hands all neatly in her lap and closes her eyes, and I hear this:


Dear God,
Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for loving Ryan and Tyler.
Please help them not be sick anymore.
In your name we pray,
AMEN!


It just warmed my heart to hear that she was not asking for toys or something selfish, she was praying for her friends not to be sick anymore! I thank God for my babies, and ask him daily for guidance in how he wants me to raise them.

3 comments:

  1. AWWW. That prayer was so sweet, it brought tears to my eyes. Kids are so awesome.

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  2. You're a great teacher! She not only understood about prayer, she was thinking of others!

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