[In a note to a friend]:
I am learning that meditation and rich spiritual moments can occur in the daily life of a busy mother of young children.
When I pray with my three year old, I simply guide him to give thanks. Last night his "Thank you Jesus" items were: Church, the Bible, Jesus, and... the trash can. In the silence, he went back to his thanks for the Bible and for Jesus, repeating the words, "Thank you for the Bi-i-ible-e-e-e, thank you for the Bi-i-ible-e-e-e, thank you for the Bi-i-ible-e-e-e," and he continued on. Then Jacob said "Thank you for Je-e-e-su-u-us" in the same manner.
Instead of just thinking about how cute and silly my boy is, I entered into prayer with him. My sense of gratefulness for the WORD made flesh and for His Holy Word grew as I meditated with my son's chants. It lasted just a moment, but I believe God was glorified in Jacob's simple prayer as well as how his prayer caused a moment of beauty within my soul.
May you focus today on all that is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy!
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