Zane's Bad Dreams

This morning at 5:15 AM Zane got up and came to our room mumbling about some bad dream he had. I told him, "go back to bed - everything will be alright."

However, he just went back to the door of his room and kept mumbling about the dream. I never did get what he was talking about, but I got up and helped him back to bed. As I tucked him in He laid down with his head to the wall and quietly said, "will you pray for me."

"You betcha, I'll pray for you!" I prayed a prayer of blessing and protection over him.

That was a very cool daddy moment. My 3 year old asked me to pray for him!

We pray together at many meal times and often as I put him to bed. But I wondered what was going through his mind. "Does he understand what prayer is for?"

Now I know he understands more than I realized and more than many adults do about prayer. Like me, many are too proud to ask others to pray for them.