Being touched
Posted on November 25th, 2007 in On Children, On Family, On Parenting
My seven year old daughter Adriannah did something that really touched me last night. She asked me and my wife if she could pray for us.
Not only did that touch me, but her prayer was actually very tender and very sweet. I am amazed at the capacity for sincerity that a child possesses and the ability a child has to vocalize those sincere feelings in words that could bring a look of astonishment to almost anyone, young or old.
Where does that come from? I think, because I am Christian, that my answer to this question might be more slanted than someone else’s. Simply put, I think that children have a greater ability to commune with God at a simple level than adults do. And I think that God is simple. So when a child of seven can lay hands on you and pray that the holy spirit would pour out Grace upon (yes, those words exactly) and that you would be blessed at work and while you travel to and from work, well, my only explanation is that the spirit of God manifested itself in her and gave her the words to speak.
Ultimately what really matters is that the prayer was spoken and was sincere. That, by itself, is enough for me.
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