Last night we were praying before dinner, and Asia interrupted the prayer to say her own. What she said warmed a parent's heart: "God, thank you for bringing Rex here." This was totally unexpected and unprompted, and I have to admit caught me by surprise. I mean, how many older sisters were thanking God for their younger brothers tonight? This was nothing short of miraculous.
Fast forward to today, when Asia prayed, out loud, "I pray the cat bites Rex." Wait a moment, it's one thing to think this and it's another to actually ask God Almighty to make it happen. He shut the mouths of felines when Daniel was in the lion's den and now Asia wants Him to open the mouths of felines so they can bite her little brother. What happened to yesterday? I want to go back to yesterday.
Asia's prayer is not actually as diabolical as it sounds. Rex started to pull the cat across the floor with its tail, and Asia saw it happen. She intervened, but Rex wouldn't let go, and so I stepped in. Asia said, "Someday the cat's going to bite him," and I said, "Maybe that would teach him not to pull the cat." It was then that Asia prayed for the cat to bite Rex. As you can see, it's partly my fault. One day she's thankful for him, the next day not as much. Just another sister trying to live with her brother. I'm so glad we're normal.
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- C.S. Heinz
- I'm the Director of Marketing for EnergyCAP, Inc., publisher of the best selling energy management software. I write on topics like prayer, discipleship, intimacy with God, family, and adoption. I like to buy books and sometimes I even read them.
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