“The prayer of a child…”
The pic is of Liam praying to God so I wouldn’t throw more of his toys away .
The story: Judah had taken Liam’s little squishy toy ball and ended up biting it and whatever sticky liquid was inside, got all over Judah and I immediately had to throw the little ball away. Liam had played with this ball all week & got upset I had to throw it away. I explained to him why but he was still upset.
But Liam did something that literally touched my heart but I know it reached God’s heart first. Instead of going to his room and having a fit, I saw him go straight to our living room, kneel and pray to God I wouldn’t throw more of his toys away (he told me what he told God afterwards).
I document everything the boys do around here so I quietly snapped a pic while he prayed. Like, my heart couldn’t contain it. Like inside it shouted, “whaaaa, his first option was to pray when he got upset… yess! Haha” (God immediately got my attention. Because God speaks in big ways with little things… but are we paying attention?)
Immediately I thought about that quote “Teach your children to pray so if their hearts feel heavy, they can go to God and not the world.”
So much emotions inside of me in that little moment but I am just truly thankful…
When he was done, he came to me and was smiling. I asked him what he was doing. He said “praying to God so you won’t throw more of my toys and that you would buy me another ball.”
This boy has faith. (Lol)
The lesson: Let your first option be to pray. Reach the throne more than you reach the phone. And… If you have time to worry, you have time to pray.
“The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.”
Psalm 51:17 NLT
“Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference”- Max Lucado.