One of many great questions that the kids ask. Even better than that are their prayers. Levi has a routine prayer that he like to pray. He likes to "pray fast". He recites his prayer so quickly that to me it is totally incomprehensible.' Thankfully, I memorized this prayer of his when he used to "pray slow". It goes like this... Thank you for me, Michaelyn, Chloe, Lilija Gideon and Gabriel James. Thank you for Dad and Mom. Thank you for Christopher, Harmony and Dustin, Larry and Gramma Vivian. Please help us and them. And thank you for mom's headache to go away. Amen."
I think that the reference to my headache is from after my wisdom tooth extraction. I had a lovely bruise on my face and I must have complained about all of the pain that I was in. Levi referred to my bruise as my headache. Praise God, the bruise has been gone for about 5 weeks and we are still thankful!
Lately he has added some whipped cream to the top of his sweet prayers. It goes something like this... "And thank you that Dad can be out of the Army. And that he doesn't have to go to Germany." Kids really know how to pray.
So far, God has not answered this prayer with a yes. We are in a feeble and human way trying to put all of our faith and hope in Him. We know that this is not difficult for God and yet we will keep Him in His place as God and allow Him (as if we could stop Him) to do according to His will.
Please pray for our hearts to remain soft. Please pray for us to give God our lonely broken hearts. His word says that He is near to the brokenhearted. Please pray that I will learn to become a true Christian to my children (i.e. model and possess some of the character and love that I daily lecture them about). Please pray that we will be reunited again soon and that God will break the contract that we, regretfully, entered into.
Also, please keep our friends Andrew and Cassidy Harper in your prayers. Andrew is deployed in Iraq and he and Cassidy will be apart for Christmas. Please pray for their safety and that the days for them will pass very quickly.
God Bless you
