Kid's Prayers...

Tonight after Bible time before bed, this was Liam's prayer: (I know, that's a really awkward sentence, but I don't want to change it!)

"Dear Jesus, thank you for this day......(I can't remember exactly what he said here...)....Help me to learn to love you. I do love you. I love you more.  Help me to know you love me.  You do love me.  You love me more.  And more.  Thank you for helping me learn to count to 100.  Help me to learn to count to more than 100.  Help us to have a good night.  Amen."

Don't you just love hearing children pray?  I sure do.

More Conversations...

I just love talking with my kids.  You never, ever know what they are going to say!

Leila, the other night on our way to church -
    "Mommy, the sun is in my eyes!"
    "I'm sorry, Baby.  I can't do anything about it! Its in my eyes too."(Mommy)
    "Daddy, I don't want the sun in my eyes!"(Leila)
    "I know, Sweetie, but Daddy can't move the sun!"(Daddy)
    "But God can!"(Leila)
    "Yes, He can.  That's right." (Daddy)
Ahh... I love the faith of a child! :-)

Liam's prayer on Wednesday -
   "Dear Jesus.  Thank you for this day.  Thank you for all our food.  Thank you for my family.  Help me when I am bigger to be just like mommy and daddy and help me to be able to drive.  Amen."

Mommy - "Hi, Libby cakes!"
Libby - "Hi, Ma-ma.  Ma-ma.  Ma-ma.  Da-da.  Da-da.  Ma-ma. Mmmmma-ma. Ma-ma."

Until next time...

Today

Just so you know, it did snow today.  Started last night and snowed most of the day.  Very light, pretty snow.  But still, it is March 22.  Maybe soon we will be to the "April showers bring May flowers."  I sure hope so!

Well, I was not quite as productive today as I was yesterday.  Mostly because I did not have too good of a night.  My back and hips were killing me last night, so it kept me up.  Its mostly my fault - I was on my feet all day and did not wear the lift in my shoe/slipper that my chiropractor wants me to wear.  So I was paying for it.  So I only got Liam's room done today.  But I also was able to work with Matt and we got our garage and car cleaned out.  Woohoo.  They both needed a good cleaning.  Did I mention that the blue tarp is gone and the new garage door is up?  It is.  So we are now able to park in the garage again.  Woohoo! :-)  Anyways, so I guess I was still productive.

I still have to do the dishes and fold some laundry, but I am taking a little break.  Its almost 9 p.m., the kids are in bed, Matt is gone on visitation, so I am enjoying a little quiet time.  Matt has several visits to make tonight, one of which is very important (well, they all are important...) so I don't expect him home until late.  Other than that all is just fine and dandy here!

Tonight, Liam's prayer again made me smile.  He prayed,
    "Dear Jesus, thank you for girls.  Thank you for the three girls that I like.  Thank you that if I am good I can play the Wii tomorrow.  Thank you that we can see if I can play two player with mommy.  Amen."

Hmmm... should I be concerned that he mentions girls in almost every prayer?  And I sure hope that the three girls he is referring to are me, Leila and Libby!  If not we have got trouble! Ha!

So, I have been "blog hopping" around tonight to my favorite blogs.  My new favorite on is iHeart Organizing  She inspires me so much to get organized and has given me some great ideas.  Today she is hosting a giveaway of a book that I would totally love to have!  But, of course, only those living in the USA are eligible.  Stink.  I hate that!  Hey - anyone out there want to enter for me? :-)  I would love you forever if you won and gave it to me! Ha!

Anyways, I will go get back to work.  Hope everyone's day was great!

Until next time....

Kid's Prayers...

Tonight's prayers:

  Leila - "Dear God, please help God to feel better.  Amen."

  Liam - "Dear Jesus, Thank you for this day.  Thank you for everyone that doesn't get scared.  Thank you          for the girls. In Jesus name, Amen."

Until next time....

Liam's Prayer

Again, Liam's prayer last night made me smile.  Here it is:

     "Dear Jesus, thank you for this day.  Thank you that we will learn the letter "F" tomorrow in school, and that "F" says "fff" as in "fox," "F" says "f-f-f."  In Jesus' name, Amen."

Love it!

Until next time...

Prayer

As Christians, a major part of our walk with God is prayer - talking to Him.  It is something we can do anytime - anywhere.  I often find myself praying while cleaning, cooking, making beds, etc.  And I am so thankful for that privilege.  Many religions don't see it that way.  They believe you have to talk to a "chosen man" who will "pass on the request" to God.  How sad!  I am so glad that I don't have to wait to go to church, or to talk to some human being in order to talk with God.  I can do it whenever I want, wherever I want!  Praise the Lord for that!

I was thinking on prayer today as I was going about my tasks.  Last night at prayer meeting, I prayed with two other ladies.  One is a godly lady who has been saved for quite a few years, and she and her husband were in the ministry at one time.  She is a real prayer warrior and writes all requests down and is continually checking up on requests you have shared.  I appreciate that so much.

The other girl I prayed with is the young girl I have mentioned recently.  She and her boyfriend have just gotten saved and have been coming to church for about a month.  When we all sat down, she smiled at us and said, "Now, I'm not too good at this praying just yet, but I want to try."  I was impressed with that - we hadn't even asked her yet!  We don't ever force anyone to pray, so I certainly wasn't going to force her, either.  But she wanted to - and she did.  Let me tell you, it was so sweet.  She prayed for specific requests that had been given, she was heartfelt in thanking the Lord for saving her.  And it was so cute when she closed her prayer like this, "Well, that's all for now God.  Amen."  I love it!  It made me smile.  We told her that prayer is really just talking to God.  There are no "right" words to say.  Just speak your heart!

I think of that with my children.  Matt and I never force our children to pray, either.  We want them to WANT to pray, not to pray because mommy or daddy said you had too.  For a while, neither Liam nor Leila wanted to pray.  And that was fine.  But lately, they both always want to pray - especially at meals.  So we usually have 2-3 prayers for our food! :-)

Anyways, tonight after I tucked Liam into bed after he prayed, I decided I was going to start something new.  Children pray the sweetest prayers sometimes.  Hearing my child pray has often brought tears to my eyes and a huge smile to my heart.  Sometimes they are so cute and so sweet in what they say.  And I want to remember that.  So, I am going to occasionally write down what they prayed for so that I will be able to have it written down and be able to remember it.  I pray that, someday soon, I will be able to record the prayer of my children asking Jesus into their heart.  I pray so hard for that day to be when they are young!

Leila did not want to pray tonight, but Liam did.  Here was his prayer:

    "Dear Jesus.  Thank you for this day.  Thank you for God.  Thank you for learning the letter "G."  Thank you for learning the letter "K" soon.  Thank you for all things.  In Jesus name, Amen."

I bet you that prayer didn't just make me smile.  I bet you God is smiling too.

Until next time....