A Child's Prayer

Usually Jonah's bedtime prayer lasts around 10-15 seconds. Last night, however, he was making up for lost time. His prayer seemed to last 10 to 15 minutes. I didn't time it, although I wish I had.

He prayed over everything he could think of. Every possession, every person, every naturally occurring phenomenon. Oh how I wish I could have recorded it, or at least taken notes. I jotted a few things down once he finished and after the feeling came back into my legs enough so that I could walk downstairs to get a pen and paper.

Here is a sampling:

Please bless that when all the people die, that dinosaurs will come alive again. And that when people come alive again, the dinosaurs will go back extinct.

Please bless that poor people will be very rich and that very rich people will be as rich as the poor people and people with a little money will have thousands of dollars.

Please bless that babies will go to kindergarten and that kindergartners will go to first grade and first graders will go to second grade and second graders will go to third grade.

I am thankful for the ground and for friction.

I am thankful for the garbage man and for our mail lady Sarah.

Please bless that Jesus will keep growing forever and ever.