Sundays are my very favorite days. By the time they roll around, I am in great need of the spiritual uplifting that I get from attending church meetings, listening to talks, magnifying my calling, etc. However, my oldest son thinks church, especially Primary, is boring so I try to prep him before hand so that Sunday mornings will be pleasant and calm instead of threats, crying, and time-outs. Saturday night, we were gathered around Gabe and Zech's beds for family and personal prayers. Prayer is very important to me and I try to teach the boys to think about what they are saying and to not repeat themselves but to "talk" to God. "He misses you, and wants you to talk to him." So, my family prayer that night was a little longer than usual as I was trying to spiritually prepare for my little ones for Sunday as well as teach the correct order and style of prayer. Here's the conversation that followed my prayer:
Zechariah: That was a loooooong prayer.
Me: Well, Heavenly Father likes it when we spend time to speak to him.
Zechariah: OK, its my turn. watch this: mine's going to be longer!
Me: OK!
And then, he proceeds to pray and I almost busted up laughing when he said:
Zechariah: "Please bless our home and our family, and keep us safe from robbers, and bad guys, and meteorites, and lava, and rain, and thunderstorms, and fire, and flames, and anything that would burn us or hurt us or torture us...."
Meterorites???? Lava??? Where does he get this stuff? He went on and on for a good 5 minutes!
It was sooo funny! I just had to smile, and I could just feel God smiling too. He loves his children. Especially the little ones. They are so innocent and sweet!
Oh, I hope I can be a good enough Mommy to these little angels.
Enjoy these pics of the kids sporting their Sunday best. Oh! They are so handsome!
3 comments:
Oh my! That is one of the greatest prayers ever! My favorite part....and anything that would burn us or hurt us or torture us...."
Boys are wonderful!
Hilarious! I'm glad that you finally set it up so that we can post comments:) You have such cute babes. This is Cort by the way.
That is an awesome prayer! I like the fact that you can be competative even with praying...I think he takes after you:) You have very handsome little boys. I'm so glad we can stay updated with each other this way! Oh btw I noticed I'm not on your blog list...hint hint:) Love ya!
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