Praying

We pray at meals and before bed, we thank God for the blessing of "daily bread" and ask that He keep Daddy safe and bring him home soon.  We must be teaching Johnny something right, since after church he went running in this field as usual and stopped to lean on this cross for about 5 minutes!! He said he was praying, I am not sure what he said to God, but I was glad he knew he could and how to.

Praying is not always easy for me.  I feel strange, talking to myself, asking for things.  I try to just talk to God in my head all day long.  "Thank you Lord for keeping Shawn safe to call me for another day" "Oh God please help me finish this run" "God you know I love them, but these children are driving me crazy, can you do something about that PLEASE?" :) Most of the time I just cat with God like I would chat with my mom.  But I often loose my trust and ask "If God knows what is going to happen and has a plan, why do I need to pray, does it do any good?" I must remind myself that it does make a difference.  That our Heavenly Father gave us free will and the ability to make our way,  though making our way in His path ensure happiness and eternal life with God.  It may still not make perfect sense, but my heart tells me it is right. God wants to know what we want, what we find important and what we desire for our life.  So please, if you are reading this bow your head and say this prayer for us, so God knows what we want for our future and our family.

Heavenly and awesome Father, thank you for this day, thank you for breath in my lungs and food on my plate.  Lord, I ask you to watch over Shawn in Afghanistan, it is not easy to help those who lose their way, and fight to keep your own as well, keep peace in his mind and work  his heart.  Lord keep Shawn safe and bring him home to his family soon. Ease all of their hearts and minds and stay with them showing them your path and your plan.  Be especially with his children, John and Lily, as they miss Daddy with all of there little hearts Lord, help them understand Daddy's adventure and know he will come home to them as soon as he can.  Lord you guide my days and nights and I pray you bless all service men and women and their families, in harms way and at home.  Thank you for giving us people like this to keep us safe. In Jesus name I pray with gratefulness and love. Amen