It turns out that I am not a very good blogger. I don't have the time or energy or at this point in my life the brain cells required to construct a complex sentence. I did want to share something that I've been nibbling on for a while. When Sawyer or Walker pray they always start it out the same way "Dear God, Thank You for this great day"....they usually continue on with things like "thank you for mommy and daddy and my brother and sister, and thank you that we got to play outside today and thank you that we got to watch ninja warriors on tv and thank you that when we were at WalMart we got to each get one cookie, but then the lady said we could each have 2 so we got 2 cookies...etc, etc..." (they don't actually say the "etc, etc" but sometimes we might get to eat dinner a little quicker if they did!)
Anyway, the part that I love is "thank you for this great day". I don't know if we taught them that, if they came up with it, if they say it out of habit or if they really mean it. All I know is that they say it every time, and I want to too. I want to say (and mean) "Thank You God for this great day". They never say "thank you for this great day, except for that part when I fell down and got a booboo" or "thanks for this great day, except for when mommy yelled at everybody in the car for taking the lids off our drinks and spilling chocolate milk all over".
Just "thanks for this great day".
A dear friend of my sister-in-law had a baby 7 days ago that wasn't supposed to live for 7 minutes. She has lived for a week now. I can't even pretend to know what it's been like, not even for a moment. The only thing I do know is how it feels to love your child. How hard yet how GREAT have the 7 days been? Thank you, God, for this GREAT day, and for the last 6.
Help me to mean it when I say it, even if circumstances aren't great, help me to see your Greatness in each day.
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4 comments:
Love you sister!Yes, each day is a gift and it is good to remember and even better to say!
We can learn so much from little children. That's a very positive way to start and end each day!
My kids say the same thing and your post really helped me to appreciate them saying it. Sometimes I would get frustrated that they started their prayers the EXACT SAME WAY every time. I would even encourage them to "change it up a bit". But I won't do that again. I will be thankful each time I hear my children say, "Dear God, thank you for this day"
Another thing Kayla and Camryn ALWAYS add onto it is "and thank you for letting us all get to be here"
Wow, that is amazing too- - -thank you for LETTING us all get to be here!!
Thanks for helping me to appreciate my kids' prayers a little more!!
AND thank you Jesus for letting this precious baby "get to be here" for 9 days now!!
Hey Stacy, I just found your blog by clicking on it from Aubrey's. (:
I love your story telling abilities! They are fun. Hope you are doing well.
Christy Cook
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