As we move through the innocence of a child into adolescence, our prayers change as well.
My sons were all fierce eating men when they were growing up (and when it came to pizza, lasagna, and cinnamon rolls my daughter could certainly keep up with them). They were hungry all the time. They had to be reminded from time to time "you are not animals without manners"...to which my mr. science guy son would remind, "well, actually Mother we are". Alright. I said without manners.
The point is by the time dinner was ready and I called them to the table they were HUNGRY. So prayer time was often very short and to the point.
Good food,
Good meat,
Good Lord,
Let's eat. Amen.
At first I was a little concerned they were having a little too much fun with the prayer (silly I know - shouldn't prayer be fun?), but later I relaxed some and understood that was exactly where they were coming from. They wanted to EAT. They were grateful the meal was good and that we had meat.
The prayer also recognized that God is Good, and it ended with a hearty appreciation of the desire to eat.
All in all, not a bad prayer.
God smiles every time we talk to Him. Every time. No matter what we say, or how we say it, God loves it when we talk to Him.
My sons were all fierce eating men when they were growing up (and when it came to pizza, lasagna, and cinnamon rolls my daughter could certainly keep up with them). They were hungry all the time. They had to be reminded from time to time "you are not animals without manners"...to which my mr. science guy son would remind, "well, actually Mother we are". Alright. I said without manners.
The point is by the time dinner was ready and I called them to the table they were HUNGRY. So prayer time was often very short and to the point.
Good food,
Good meat,
Good Lord,
Let's eat. Amen.
At first I was a little concerned they were having a little too much fun with the prayer (silly I know - shouldn't prayer be fun?), but later I relaxed some and understood that was exactly where they were coming from. They wanted to EAT. They were grateful the meal was good and that we had meat.
The prayer also recognized that God is Good, and it ended with a hearty appreciation of the desire to eat.
All in all, not a bad prayer.
God smiles every time we talk to Him. Every time. No matter what we say, or how we say it, God loves it when we talk to Him.
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