A Child's Prayers

I love listening to a child pray. The rambling, honest, repetitive, blunt, graphic prayers of a child. A friend reminded me of one of Caroline's prayers from a couple of years ago that I thought I would share.

So...let's set the scene. Caroline must be about 2 1/2-3 and just beginning to want to pray out loud. Most of the practice with that comes at meal time. So it's dinner and we asked Caroline if she would like to bless the food. She does. It's precious...not sure the food was actually blessed! HA! Then, we take about two bites, and she would like to pray again. So, she does. We stop - hold hands - bow heads and listen to her precious prayer. This must go on for about 2-3 more times...we don't want to squelch the desire to pray...but we have to eat at some point right?

Well...Caroline asks if she can pray one more time. I told her of course, but Mommy and Daddy were going to keep eating and she could keep praying as long as she wanted to. This is basically the prayer that followed...mind you this is like prayer #5 or #6

"Dear Jesus bless my bottom. Bless Mommy's bottom. Bless Daddy's penis, and bless Wyatt's penis."

This is where the spit take would have happened if this were being filmed or performed live on stage! But of course Jason and I don't want to laugh because we don't want her to think that we are laughing at her or her prayers. I mean isn't that just the best prayer EVER! Oh my goodness. Jason and I were just dying. We looked at each other and were like..."Did she just say what I think she said? Did she just bless your loins!" HA!

I guess two more children later...she did!

Enjoy your little ones ramblings. I am reminded in their string on prayers that they just talk to the Lord. Nothing is contrived...no thought is thought out before it is said...they truly say what they are thankful for even if they are thankful for the wall (as Wyatt says often)...Oh Lord...fill my mouth with string on prayers that express my true thankfulness for my world and surroundings...and Lord...thanks for blessing my bottom and Jason's penis. HA!

*a pic of Caroline at about 2 1/2 years old