Thursday, September 17, 2009

Please pray

Yesterday, on our way to church, we stopped to have a quick snack/dinner. After ordering some "healthy" fast food, picked a table and started eating before it got late for church. We were on our second bite when suddenly our son stopped us, "you forgot" he says with a very concerned tone of voice "you didn't pray for the food" So after swallowing that un-chewed second bite (how can you keep chewing after that?), proceeded to thank the Lord for our meal including our everyday pray for our son Adiel’s sisters and all the children who don't have a meal. Right after that "Amen" our son added in a very "by the way" but serious tone of voice; "and for all the children who don't have arms or legs"... It was so impromptu, that I couldn't restrain the picture from flashing in my mind: children missing limbs!!! So we "amen" his addendum and had to put that image aside for the moment so we could finish our meal.

I later tried to think on the "why?" but the answer wasn't hidden; you know the reasons, the main one is called man, you know! "Adults" I was going to say mankind but somehow the "kind" part didn't really fit in this context. So, if a six year old can bring this up on prayer, I am convinced that we, as parents and adults need to keep it as part of our everyday prayer.
Would you pray with us? Can you include those children in your prayers? Thank you

2 comments:

  1. wow, what a bright and kind young man...so sweet and yes, i'll be praying for all the children :) kristi

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  2. Your son is amazing. I love the comment you just left on building the blocks. It touched my heart. We too are adopting from Ethiopia and are about to travel to bring home our son who is 7 and is missing all 5 fingers on his left hand and a little girl who is 21 months old. Thank yuo very much for praying for children like our son. We pray he will not face too many comments, stares, and negativity in this world. Just as Amy said in her blog, God created us all differently and that is a wonderful thing, we should embrace it. www.bethe7percent.blogspot.com

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