Camp

Today we head out to our favorite camp for Family Camp.  I pray that all my children have the opportunity to go to a camp geared for kids their age, where they can enjoy creation, wholesome fun, and hear the Gospel in a way they can understand it.  If they don't have the chance for a week at camp, then I pray they would at least have a chance to experience you this summer in ways that they don't throughout the year.

Nature

The big one is off on a school camping trip today.  My prayer for her and her classmates is that through nature, they would see you.  May being out of the city, in a natural setting, cause them to feel at peace, to feel whole, to feel as though it were easier to get along and be kind.  May you speak to them through the fresh spring green, through the sights and smells and sensations.  Draw them to you through this experience.

Easter!

He is Risen!  He is Risen, Indeed!

May the last few days for these children have included a celebration; may they have heard the story of the miraculous and been amazed at your power.  May they have been captivated by the one who can move mountains and beat death and grow new life. 

May they see this spring season as a celebration, a coming to life, that echoes how you once brought the dead to life to save the world.  Our earth around us shouts that truth.  May these young eyes be wise enough to see it and be amazed by you.

Camps

I pray today that children have opportunities to go to camps - places where they can learn about you from adults willing to share their lives and show them a great time.  Places where the quiet and your nature can speak for you.  Places where good is encouraged and your word is taught unashamedly.

The Heavens Declare

Psalm 19 says:

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.  They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.  Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the end of the world.

May my child look up today and see the beauty in the sky, in the clouds or rays of sun, in the sunset or stars, and think of you, their creator.  May the things around her point her to you and not be missed as something common.

May she see your glory in it and give you glory because of it.

As She Sees The World

As she sees new things in the world this week - the majestic mountains, the unfamiliar animals, the amazing sights - may she credit you with their creation and may her excitement and wide-eyed wonder be true worship.