Prayers for Children

Father,

Thank you for showing me my error today. I was intent on me this morning. I could only see the end and not the journey. You showed me how much the journey can teach me. It is during the waiting we grow. I am sorry I barreled over my kids to get to 'my' thing today. I have many hats and one of them is mother. It is a hat I sometimes do not want to wear. I wear it every day though. It is the journey of being a mother I am on. There are other hats to wear and other roads to travel, but right now I have learned the mother hat is most important.

I would pray every parent knows they have a 'parent' hat to wear. I pray they wear it with pride and joy. That they learn from their kids. They slow down to appreciate what You teach them. Kids need focus, boundaries and love. We as parents cannot give this without putting that parenting hat on. I would pray all of us take the time to put on the hat and know our children as You know us. You know every hair on our head. You know every thing. How can we possibly know that much? We can strive to be like You. To learn, to grow, to know our kids.

In Jesus Christ, Amen.