From the Mouths of Babes

Every Sunday Grace looks forward to "Children's Time" at church. We can usually count on her to be good while listening to the lesson and usually even to participate in the discussion...as she did today. Today's lesson was about "praying without ceasing" and that led to a discussion of all the different times and ways to pray and how every way is good. During the "time to pray" portion Ms. Cathy asked the children to share times they think are good times to pray. Ms. Cathy looked at Grace (who was sitting right next to her) when she asked this question. Without hesitation, Grace answered, "at bedtime" and then she paused and said a little louder "and sometimes when my daddy is driving!". Needless to say, there was a roar of laughter (which, of course, made Grace quite proud) and I got the kind of teary giggles that are hard to control once they start.

Now, in my husbands defense, I do think this came from a place that, of course, the rest of the congregation does not know. I THINK (I need to ask her!) that she was LIKELY thinking of the tense time recently during the ice storm when we prayed in the car after fleeing the house while trees and power lines were LITERALLY falling all around us. That little nugget of information, though, Grace chose to keep to herself this morning. :)