A sweet prayer

I love to hear the girls pray. I just love it. Every child that has come into our home as a foster child has left our home knowing to pray. I think it is fun to hear them talk to the Lord. S's prayer is very predictable......she prays every day for our friends....Skip, Becky, Casey and Carter. She prays most of the time for Bethany, Jarrod, and cousin B, and she prays most of the time for each person in our family. She might name a few more people that she is thankful for, and says amen.
H talks to the Lord and tells him about her day. She tells him what she liked most about it, and if anyone had mentioned to pray for something, H remembers to pray for it. She is diligent and will remember to pray.
A.......well, you just never know what is going to come out of her mouth to the Lord or to anyone else! You NEVER know! Thank you Lord that you know her heart!
M prays for people and situations that either bother her or that she is encouraged by. She will pray for her own attitude or for the Lord to help her in her weaknesses.
I love to see how each of them are different. I love to see their personalities come out in all areas. I love to see them coming closer to the Lord and learning to go to him in everything......big things, small things, good things and bad things. I love that!
Several months ago, M prayed one of the sweetest prayers I had ever heard.
"God, thank you for this day. Thank you so much for my family. Thank you God that I don't have to wait anymore for a family like those kids in those pictures we saw. (There were pictures in the mall of kids waiting for an adoptive home and it broke her heart.) Thank you that you gave me my family. Please let people who know you choose to do foster care so that those other kids don't have to wait anymore. I love you. Amen"
I love it that their hearts are sensitive to other people's hurts and situations. I love it that they want to do something about it. (M was begging for us to bring home a brother when we passed by those pictures in the mall. I had to remind her that you can't just pick out a new kid like you pick out a new barbie.) I love it that they choose to make a difference in the world! I really do love that!