Lord listen to your children praying...

Tonight we were a little late getting our girls to bed. We took off to Jacksonville for a little shopping and just a ride away from the "normal" weekly routine. We had to fight the battle of "I want to go home". Our oldest, Aly has gotten used to spending time doing "her thing" at home and doesn't like to sit in her freakin' car seat for so long. AND she is teaching that lovely attitude to her little sis. SO we had to put a stop to that right quick. After all we are a travelling family. Gosh ain't that the truth. Especially these past few years. Actually the whole time we have had Aly we have been planning to travel somewhere it seems. We are even planning on traveling to Heaven in the Rapture so I am sure that our little ones are just gonna have to get used to our mentality.

Apparently they are. We are teaching them the importance of talking with God. Not just learning a prayer by rote but discussing our needs and wants and thanks with God. Trying to get them to understand it all is really a hard job. We just continue to let them see our way of life. Our IMPERFECT way of life but our dependence on God for everything. Including a good nights sleep. Full of good dreams and restful sleep. And angels, how many ever are needed for that particular night assigned to watch over and protect little sleeping children (and parents too).

Well, tonight after Daddy said his good nights and got his butterfly kiss, Eskimo kiss, and lip kiss I prayed for Lili and then she went to tell Poppy good night. As she was coming back through to go to bed, Mom told her to hug her sister Aly and then she asked Aly if she was going to pray for Lili and she said yes. Which has been kind of sporadic as of late but nonetheless she began praying for her little sister and I grabbed the camera and got this precious shot of the two of them praying. Aly of course asking for 4 angels to watch over Lili. What an awesome experience to sit and contemplate.

If God had not planted the seed of desire in our hearts to adopt these two little blessings then they may never have known what prayer was about. And although they are just learning and mimicking sometimes what they see us do, they are slowly growing towards that day when they will trust our Lord Jesus with their souls and their lives so that He may direct their paths. In His divine will. I am praying that my eyes do not close on this earth before I see that happen and if it be His will I will be the one who baptizes them into the family of God. My heart can hardly stand it.