{"id":2964,"date":"2012-09-19T07:22:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2012-09-19T07:22:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:22:24","slug":"childs-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/2964\/","title":{"rendered":"Child’s Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Alice has started praying out loud. It is so dear! The first time I got clued into it was after she was reprimanded for running away. I buckled her into her car seat then went to load up some other things. When I buckled myself in I noticed some little chit cat in the back seat. “Whatchadoing?” I asked. “I was just talkin’ to Dod. About running away… and sorry”. <\/p>\n

THAT was pretty darn cool \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Just last night she was trying to fall asleep and was crying a little. Then I overheard, “Dod..(something something..) and to help me. I miss mommy.” Quietness, peace and slumber soon followed. <\/p>\n

We can learn a lot from these little squirts. <\/p>\n

“So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 18:4<\/p>\n

“I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” Luke 18:17<\/p>\n

Here is Alice pondering these truths….
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And, lastly, a re-post of this poem. I posted this when Alice was just a new babe. I love this one, and find it so true.<\/p>\n

SHE TEACHES YOU
\nShe\u2019s greater far, that little child, than you;
\nThe very child you teach, she teaches you.
\nYou teach her to be Christlike, but have you
\nForgotten she already is, far more than you?
\nYou teach her right from wrong, and yet it\u2019s she,
\nNot you, whose conscience is more clear and free.
\nYou teach her trust in God, but can\u2019t you see
\nThat it is you who lack trust more than she?
\nFor you find doubt and reason in your way
\nWhile she in simple faith believes straightway.
\nYou teach her to forgive, but don\u2019t you know
\nThat she forgives in half the time you do?
\nAnd she, when she forgives, at once forgets;
\nBut you? You struggle long with grudge and debts.
\nYou try to teach her love. You can\u2019t. You cry,
\n\u201cMy child, you are the teacher, and not I!\u201d
\nSo learn from her, be like her, you who teach.
\nYou must, Christ says, if heaven you would reach.
\n\u2013 Ida Boyer Bontrager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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