Thank you honey for doing the dishes, oh can you please fix the fridge, and when you are done with that can you please clean the bathroom. Thank you, oh and my moms needs help with her car. Also, If you can get to the door that has been broken that I have been asking you to fix.......
How does ths conversation sound to you?
I'm going to write a book, and title it "everything I needed to learn about childlike faith I learned from my kids." The boys love to pray, and sometimes, we are sitting long. Tonite as they individually prayed I was schooled ok that is harsh, but my eyes where opened to what "praying with thanksgiving" looked and sounded like.
You see when they both prayed, they didn't ask for anything. They thanked God for everything from their family, clothes, toys, puppy and even their pastor and church. I stop counting how many times Caleb and Noah said "thank you God" after 20 and I am not joking either.
We never told them how to pray, or "taught" them. We just simply told them to talk to God and thank him for what was in their heart. So like a child they do, thank and thank and thank.... And we sit and allow them to go through EVERYTHING, their heart tells them to, even if it for a dog that is full of batting.
The conversation I opend up this blog to, kinda sounds like my prayers. Not literally, but if I was "talking" to my husband the way I talked to the Lord, it would sound similar to that. My boys reminded me that thanking Him for what we have , should be before any of my request!
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