January 10, 2009

Ask and Ye Shall Receive …..


It is our nightly ritual to say our prayers when we get into the bed. So as we began to pray, Coop looks at me and wants to add to his prayer. We go down the list and pray for everyone in the family and tonight Coop stops me and says to tell God that he wants a baby brother. I told Coop that if he ever needs anything, that he can ask God to help him or whatever he wants to ask. So innocently, he looks straight up to the ceiling and says, “God, I want a baby brother, please.” The next night prayers are going along as planned and he asks me if when he gets a baby brother, can he take him down the street to play. We had to have a small discussion about babies, since one of Stephen and my friends is pregnant. He couldn’t understand where the baby was and how it was going to just get here. So the next night’s prayer interruption was asking God how he was going to carry his baby!