Speak Your Words

No one knows the way you move or work, or how you call and stir our souls, but your smallest whisper is greater than any powerful force we can raise.

Lord, speak your words into the life of my child.  Draw this one quietly, powerfully, and forever to you.  Make yourself irresistible to him.

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.

Worship You Only

I pray that these children would know what other idols are, and choose not to worship them.  May they understand that you are the true only God and nothing else is worthy of pursuit - money, popularity, looks, shopping, other people...  May they worship you only and serve you only.

2 Kings 17

Thankfulness

Half a calendar away from Thanksgiving - I pray that being grateful would be a lifestyle for these children.  I pray that they would know how to be truly thankful, and not just know it the thing to say so they don't get reminded to say it.  I pray they know how fortunate they are to have enough.

Blooming

May this one bloom in spite of what she's seen or what he's experienced.  May each one of these know that just because something has been does not mean that it needs to continue.  Heal emotional scars and create beauty where there has been hurt and pain.  May they bloom in spite of - and perhaps because of? - the negatives they have experienced.

Character

I pray today for strength of character. 

My greatest prayer for each of these children is salvation - that they would truly know you and love you. 

My second is that they would live lives through which you truly shine. 

May their character be strong, true, faithful, pure, loving and kind.  May they be aware that the choices they make define who they are and form their character.  May they make their choices based on an inner strength that comes from you, and may their character be strengthened each year as they do.

What You Value

I have been reading a friend's blog that chronicles their family's 3 month trip to Africa, and how she hopes it will impact their two boys.  May all of our children have experiences that reveal you to them - your heart and your care for others.  May they have experiences that shock them out of their consumer mindsets, and may they understand what has true value in your eyes.