A Child’s Prayer

“Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it” (Mark 10:15, NIV).

On Friday evenings, my wife and I have a particular schedule. I try to leave work early and meet her at a favorite Mexican restaurant at 5 p.m. The owner always takes orders from a window to the kitchen. Yesterday we greeted him, and my wife let him know we were headed to our Good Friday church service, probing his faith in a natural way. I was pleasantly surprised when he responded, “Isn’t it wonderful when you watch your children beginning to pray.”

What’s so wonderful about watching your child begin to pray?

I know some of it is realizing that the child we love has a new connection with the God who may someday become the Lord of his or her life.

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