I think I had my favorite first with Temperance last week. I know there are a lot of firsts out there for her, but this one instantly derailed me of every other thought. I was in my office with one of my college girls. We were about to leave for the day, and I wanted to pray with her. This is not an unusual event in my day. In fact it is one of my absolute favorite things to do. Well, she comes over, and we hold hands and begin to pray. Tempie is playing in the background. All of a sudden, unprompted, she comes over to where we are and takes our hands and bows her head with us!!! I lost it. My baby is taking her first steps towards imitating her mother in prayer! There have been few moments in my life where I have in an instant cried and laughed all at the same time. One was when we learned I was expecting this precious child. This moment is another. Every time I think about it I have the same reaction. I want to shout and cry all in joy.
This morning I decided to take this a step further. I asked Tempie if she would pray with me. Just me and my little girl. It was in the middle of her breakfast. I took her hands and bowed my head and began to pray. She joined me! She bowed her head and just listened till I was done. (I kept it short...no need to test her on this just yet!) Now I want to build this into our family routine somehow. I guess we should have been doing this all along, but now is a great time to start!
I am so excited I can't stand it!!!! Oh God, would you please make my little girl into a woman of prayer one day!! I love her, and if she only learns one thing from me I hope it will be to love you and to love your people. Lord, let this imitation of posture be just the beginning!!
