Prayers of a 3-year old

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

May angels watch me through the night

And keep them in thy blessed sight

My 3-year old knows his prayers and says them most nights. Recently, he's been adding the line, "God bless..." and then he names all of the people that he wants God to watch over. What struck me was the innocence he displayed, he named people that really mean something to him. He mentioned mommy, daddy and his brother, but he also mentioned his Gramps, Grandmama, Granny, Aunties, cousins.

While he's mentioning the people in his family, you could see his thought process. He mentioned his teacher Miss Lynn, Jennie - the neighbor down the street, and people that he encounters frequently - Mark and Paige, Miss Dawn, Uncle Harry and Mister Cory.

It takes a child to make you reflect on who you would ask God to bless. He never thought about who has wronged him, who has made him cry, who he likes today. He just asked for God to bless everyone in his life. It was kind of poetic, listening to this child rattle off names of everyone who was important to him.

I'll include all of those people in my prayers tonight because I know that all of those people are important one way or another in my child's life. If they are important enough for my son to include in his - I can include them in mine. I want God to continue to bless all of the people that my son thinks are important along with all of the people I think are important.

There are time when you have to take a step back and listen. Sometimes its the smallest voice that can make the loudest impact on you.

God bless everyone who reads this.