Young Prayer Warriors
I guess I have writer’s block. All week long I have been thinking about what I should write for the column. Eager to get Kathy a column for the week, I turned to my wife for suggestions. She gave me an idea. I hope you enjoy it.
We worry about our kids. We worry about them today; we worry about them and their future. We worry if they are trying hard enough in school; we worry if they are trying hard enough in Sunday school and church. We worry about if we have taught them how to pray. Apparently, someone, be it a parent or parents, grandparents, Sunday school teacher or preacher is doing it right.
In one instance, my wife said a fellow teacher became very ill. One of the students went across the hall to tell another teacher. The teacher came into the room and asked the kids to step out into the hallway. They did. Surprisingly, the teacher noticed many of the kids doing something—they were praying for their teacher.
On another occasion, my wife had been out sick for a day. One of her parents said that when she was out, her son came home and said his teacher was sick and that he needed to pray for her, and he did. The little boy’s mom said that he has always been a little prayer warrior.
On another occasion a student had done something wrong in class. After the teacher corrected him, he promptly went to his desk, sat down, folded his hands, bowed his head, and prayed.
The greatest story my wife shared with me happened several years ago. It was during that time of the year that students, parents, and teachers all dread—testing. One day before testing began, one little boy was in tears. Another student went up to him to inquire what was wrong. He said that he was worried about the test. His fellow student said, “My dad said that whenever I am worried about something I should pray.”
So, this boy and girl and others joined hands and prayed before the test. They prayed for themselves, each other, other students in other classes, their teacher, and other teachers. This particular class passed their tests with flying colors.
In Proverbs 22.6 we read, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Someone is doing it right and to God be the glory!
As adults, we can learn lessons from these children and apply their examples to our personal lives and our work places. May we all work to reinforce the work of others to bring our young people up in way to be daily prayer warriors to take on any situation they may face in their daily lives.