The Prayer Progression

The Blessings say the blessing...

When praying, the older girls will thank God for everything He has “provided” or has “given us.” Blessings #s 3&4 are usually more detailed. B#4 thanks God for pretty dresses, daddy’s birthday, “moma letting us watch a video,” B#3’s “new bed so that I can have my bed closer to the window,” and so on.

Last night, B#3 was praying for dinner:

"...and thank you for everything you made for us. For moma making this spaghetti and for these yummy new red and green noodles. And thank you for broccoli even though I don’t like broccoli and thank you for..."

After he finished, B#5 said, “I wanna pray! I wanna pray! I wanna pray!”

So we let our food get a little colder, and, of course, we let him pray, too! He took a slightly different approach:

"Dear God, thank you for this day. Thank you for this food. Thank you for my family. Thank you for everything we made. We made lunch. We made noodles. We made our bed. In Jesus’ name, Amen."

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