How sweet it is...

How sweet it is to see my sweet Jessie pray...while Jessie prays, Will looks around, Ruby claps her hands, and well, Preston and I look at each other in amazement while trying to hold on to every word. Often my eyes water up...it's just the absolute sweetest thing EVER!!

And while I'd like to take the credit for her sweet prayers, they didn't stem from Preston or me. We've tried and shown her the importance of talking to God. But it didn't come from us...you see, that girl, or should I say kids, are little creatures who seem believe others over their mom or dad.

I don't know why this is. Maybe it is because we tell them so much in a day that they get tired of hearing our mouths run...perhaps we really do sound like the Charlie Brown adults to them..."wernt wernt wernt..." (that's the best I have for writing out the sounds.) Or maybe every kid is like Jessie and they don't believe poop stinks until they put their own noses in it. Or maybe we do all want to be like each other, especially our peers...it's not real until they do it...we really do want to jump off the bridge because someone else did.

Whatever it is, I am loving the fact that my kid is going to a school where day in and day out, they pray out loud. Now, I have my thoughts on "out loud prayer," that's for another day and has nothing to do with my kid learning the importance of prayer, but having my kid in an environment where her peers are praying, someone other than her mom is telling her how awesome it is to pray, I am so thankful. I am so thankful that she has smelled the poop and found out for herself that it stinks! Even though those are not good descriptive words for prayer, probably not the best analogy to come up with, I am glad she has seen others do it and now she WANTS to do it. What an awesome foundation for her prayer life.

Because there is nothing in this world any sweeter than hearing my Jessie pray for others...how sweet it is!