Sweet Faith of a Child

Every night, my wife and I put the children to bed with a song and a prayer.  I have been trying to teach them the doxology and the Lord's Prayer.  

Last night, I asked my four year old daughter Grace if I should pray or if she wanted to do it.  She said, "You pray the one that God prayed.  Pray the one God said Jesus to pray."  So, I prayed the Lord's Prayer line by line with her repeating after me.

At the end, she asked, "Daddy, what does 'Deliver' mean?"  I told her it means to protect from something or to rescue from something bad.  And then she asked, "Is that happening to us?  Are we delivered?"

I told her the same thing Alyosha told the grieving boys at the end of The Brothers Karamazov.  

Yes, we are.  And just like those boys, she was happy.

Comments

[Beth]

So lovely! Thank you!

[Robb]

Agree lovely indeed. Thanks