Snap Shots from Church School

Sometimes the prayers of children are so sincere and true, they touch the very core of my being. This past Sunday, I invited the children to prayer the same way I do every week. I told them that we can tell God all the things that we are thankful for, things that make us sad, things that we are happy about and things that we might be worried about. The children always offer up prayers of gratitude - "Thank you God for my friends," they pray, or "Thank you God for my family." Those are the two that are most often offered up to God. This week though, one little voice piped up and prayed, "Dear God, help us to end all the wars." And then shortly there after another voice prayed, "Please help all the people in Japan after the Tsunami." And that's exactly how I wanted to pray - please help us end all the wars, and help the people of Japan... Children know what's going on in the world, and there is nothing more true, or more sincere than a child offering up a prayer to God.