Food… and bed and stuff and pizza… and boxes

Rachel is 3, and this was her prayer at bedtime. Simple. Straightforward. Often I make prayer too formal and stilted, too grown-up. Here’s what I can learn from her.

Nothing is too small to pray about. Or too unusual.

It’s for God’s ears. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about the requests.

No big words. You don’t have to impress God with style or oratory. No sense wearing Him out either.

Prayer naturally flows from what’s already on your heart.

Food… and bed and stuff and pizza… and boxes

Rachel is 3, and this was her prayer at bedtime. Simple. Straightforward. Often I make prayer too formal and stilted, too grown-up. Here’s what I can learn from her.

Nothing is too small to pray about. Or too unusual.
It’s for God’s ears. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about the requests.
No big words. You don’t have to impress God with style or oratory. No sense wearing Him out either.
Prayer naturally flows from what’s already on your heart.

Lauren

Aw! She’s so cute! And this is so true for me! I realized, while reading this, that sometimes I try to drag out my prayer and make it sound important. I also realized that I may not pray out loud because I may want to bring some requests to God and wonder what everyone else will think. So this gives me something to work on! Thanks for the post!