So, I am trying to teach my four year old son to pray to God. The night before Easter I said, “Its time to say a prayer.” His prayer consisted of, “Dear God, please bless the easter bunny will come tomorrow, Amen.”
I said, “Good Job,” but felt I needed to bestow the importance of gratitude. So, I said, “That was a good prayer but it is important to tell God what you are thankful for… what you are happy that you have. For example, you have a mommy and a daddy that love you. Some children have mean parents that say bad things to their children and do wrong things like hit. Some children don’t have food to eat, even if they are super hungry. Some children don’t have a nice bed, nice clothes or toys. Can you try to tell God things that you are thankful for?”
He said, “okay” and began to pray, “Dear God, please bless that my mommy doesn’t hit me and tell me that I am stupid and please bless that the Easter bunny will come. Amen.”
Catherine wanted to go into the church and pray today. We’re in Santa Fe. As soon as we got into the sanctuary she started “singing” ALELUIA at the top of her lungs.
She loves to pray at dinner, but her favorite part is AMEN. Her trying to make the sign of the cross is cute and funny and cuz it’s wrong.