Praying together

So tonight Addison blessed my socks off with her sweet prayers. Last night, we were talking about the North American missionaries we are praying for this week. I was telling her about the couple who was working with homeless people and I explained that homeless people didn't have a home. She said "that's terrible and horrible!" When she said her prayer, she asked God to help the people who didn't have a home. Then tonight, I was telling her about another missionary couple and she said she wanted to hear about the ones helping the homeless people again. So we talked about both of them and then said a prayer. She asked God to take care of them and called them each by their name and then asked him to take care of the homeless people too. Then we talked about people dying because I have been talking with her about Great-Grandma, who is going to be with Jesus soon in heaven. She was so sad to hear that and said that she was going to miss her and she didn't want her to go to heaven. Then she told me about two of her "work people", Laura and Banana (obviously made up) who had died. I told her we should say a special prayer for them so she prayed for her work people and I prayed for Great-Grandma. In her prayer she said, "Dear Lord, please take care of Laura and Banana in heaven and don't let their heart break. And don't let me die, because my Mommy would miss me. And let me control my temper." I had to laugh at that last part...at least she's listening when I talk. Thank you, Lord, for precious moments like these. I'm so thankful that I was blessed enough to be raised by Christian parents in a good and loving home. I know that everyone doesn't have that opportunity. I am so blessed to be raising my own kids in a loving Christian home and I am so fortunate to be doing so. I am so thankful for the opportunities I have had to grow in my faith and be surrounded by encouraging and strong believers. The biggest things that come to mind are: GAs and Acteens at Abney Memorial Baptist Church, Camp La Vida - which is by far the most memorable and where my relationship with God really started to develop, and BCM at Winthrop - where I was able to grow in many ways, particularly through serving as a short term missionary in Taiwan. I have had many wonderful friends and family members to support me along the way. However, I have a long way to go to be where God wants me to be in my daily walk. I'm also thankful to be a part of the encouraging community of Northside Baptist Church as my journey continues.