Praying for a Buddy

Praying is the simpliest act of kindness and the easiest act of love that anyone of us can do. I love to pray, I love to hear my children pray, I love for my children to bring prayer request home. There is so much strength found in prayer.

Yesterday Gracie brought a prayer request home from school. I was shocked for whom she was praying for, but I was so over joyed that she let her feelings aside to pray for this child. The little girl and Gracie have not been very close friends, the little girl tends to be a little dramatic at times and has caused some issues with a few of the girls at school, so Gracie has just tried to stay away from the drama of this child. Yesterday while I was cooking supper she came to me and said that we needed to pray for this little girl and her mother. The little girls mother is very pregnant and she fell the other day on her stomach. Now she is on rest and being watched closely. The little girl was really upset yesterday at school and Gracie told her that we would pray for her.

My little nephew has not being feeling well either. He has not been eating for the last few weeks. He was born with Spinal Bifida (?) and has a shunt in his head for the fluid. He has been doing so well until the last few weeks. He has just not had an appetite at all and has lost a good bit of weight. To give you an idea, He is just about to be 3 years old and still wears 12 months clothing, since he has lost weight he has been wearing some 6-9 months. He is just really small. He gets around in his wheelchair and is smart as a whip and the cutest little thing. Him and Jake are big buds. Jake has helped his Granny take care of him since he came home from the hospital when he was almost 3 months old. Granny swears she couldnt have done it with out Jake. Jake loves Ethan so much.

Every morning during our prayer time Jake will do the usual child prayer of thanking God for everybody and everything, just an innocent childs prayer. This morning however Jake did the biggest prayer ever. He thanked God for momma, daddy and so on and then at the end he asked God to lay His hands on Ethan and make him feel better. I was so amazed and so proud. That this little man of mine could ask God for something so powerful, that he would even think of that.

Just in awe of this sweet little boy and his mighty big prayer, I got to work and called my mother-in-law who keeps Ethan and Sophie and then Jake comes in the afternoon after school. I told her I had something so sweet to tell her. I told her about Jakes sweet prayer for Ethan and then I noticed that she began to cry. She told me that this morning when she got ready to fix breakfast this morning she asked Ethan what he would like,(here lately it has been nothing bc he has not been eating) he told her that he wanted a grilled cheese. She was shocked. She went to cook him one (just in shock) but something led her to cook him 2. Ethan ate both of them (all) she was so happy. Then I call and tell her about Jakes prayer, it was just overwhelming.

We serve such an amazing God. I long to have the innocence of Christ like my children do.

"And if you believe, you will receive, whatever you ask for in prayer" Matthew  21:22

                                                           Prayer is More Powerful

Than any other act

When all you can do is Pray, Praying is ALL you need to do!!!