Dear God

Dear God,

     I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church.  Is that ok?- Neil

                                 

Dear God,

     Please send Dennis Clark to a different camp this year.- Peter

Dear God,

     Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.- Joyce

                     (Joyce was this you???)

Dear God,

     I think about you sometimes, even when I am not praying.- Elliott

Dear God,

    If you watch in church on Sunday I will show you my new shoes.- Mickey D.

Dear God,

     I bet it is hard for you to love all of everybody in the world.  There are only 4 people in my family and I can never do it.- Nan

Dear God,

     Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't you just keep the ones you got?- Jane

Dear God,

     Are you really invisible or is that just a trick?- Lucy

Out of the mouths of babes.  Somehow there is nothing more pure and sweet than the prayers of a child.  They don't use big fancy words or try to impress anyone with their lengthy oracle, they  simply talk to  God about what's on their mind.  And afterall, isn't that what prayer is all about... talking to God about what's on our mind....no matter how big or how small.  

A few years ago I took to journaling my prayers.  I found that when I write my prayers down I stay more focused.  I also found that I lose some of my inhibitions and my prayers become more meaningful and much more intimate.  I begin talking to God like he's my best friend.  In my journal I keep an area set aside for specific prayer requests.  I date those requests and  when, they are answered I go back to the request and write the date it was answered and how.  It is a HUGE testament to the power of prayer and is a great reminder of just how great our God really is!    

**Walking back from the Mercury game on Saturday night the girls and I gave a man down on his luck a few bucks.