Praying for our children

Have you seen this great little button on the side of my blog?




Well, it's also from Angie Smith (I told you she inspires me!) If you click on it, you'll land on her much more eloquent explanation of WHY it's important to not only pray for your children, but let them know that you pray for them.

I have to admit, I'm not very good at prayers. Not the "real" kind anyway. I always like to say I have sticky note conversations with God (like "oh yeah, dear God, please lift up X" or "thanks God, I needed that!" all day long) I have to work hard to let my thoughts be still, so that I can have a deeper conversation with God. Songs have always brought me closer to God than formal prayers, which is why I can't get through Amazing Grace or Silent Night or O Come All Ye Faithful without sobbing. Although the Lord's Prayer does feel "real" to me, maybe because it brings me right back to kneeling next to my grandmother... anyway, generally I'm not do great with reciting prayers.

Well, I was so excited to get Angie's seven prayers for our children - for seven times of the day - because they do feel real, and they touch on exactly the things I want to pray for for my children. I printed them off on index size pieces of paper, and had them laminated. They look like this:

Since that week, I have kept these cards near so I can continue to pray for my girls.