Prayers Can Be Funny, Too!

We've been working on praying with Sammy, lately.  At dinner (and pretty much every meal), we will all join hands (even Sophia, which can be quite comical), and pray the traditional "God is Great" prayer.  Afterwards, Mike or myself will then pray over our food as well as any other requests, and then we will eat dinner. 

The other day, Sammy announced that he would like to do the second prayer.  I felt excited, as kid's prayers can be so cute!  I had no idea what he was about to spout forth . . . He started by announcing, "This is going to be a really great prayer!"  Ummm, I don't know about you, but anything prefaced by that statement has got to be good, so here is what we got.

Dear God . . . Please help keep Sissy safe.  Don't let her go in the road, or fall down the stairs.  Don't let her climb out of her bed, or put jelly beans in her nose.  Please keep us all safe, and please don't let our TV get broken.  Amen.

Seriously?  That is the most hysterical prayer I have ever heard.  Granted, I appreciate the sentiments for Sophia.  Those four scenarios have all been real issues we have discussed in our household lately.  As for the television commentary, one of our friends have been having discipline issues in their house, and therefore the parents announced to the children that their television was "broken."  Their TV has been "broken" for about 3 weeks now, and it would appear that Sammy and his friend Orry have been discussing the broken TV during their time together in the ChildWatch at the Katy YMCA. 

So, it would appear that beggars cannot be choosers.  Would I wish that this monumentous prayer have encompassed world peace and food for the hungry?  Yes, but honestly, I'll take Keep Sissy Safe and don't let our TV get broken any day, as the honesty and sincerity behind it was more beautiful than words.  I'm sure Jesus appreciated it as well!