the perfect being from our imperfect abode. When I hear their prayers and they
hear mine, I see into their hearts and together we acknowledge that we
desperately need God’s help, wisdom, love and power.
Some prayers… that have been offered in my home in the early years:
“Help me find my way home from kindergarten today.”“Help me find my three year old. He’s lost.”“Help us stop fighting.”“Bless us to have peace in our home.”“Help us find another piano.“Help us find some more plates and cups that won’t break so fast.”“Help me find a bookshelf for my books that we can afford.”“Help her do well on her test today.”“Bless our garden to grow.”“Help us know how to get the staple out of her tongue.”We are all witnesses here to many answers to prayer. Finding the lost child. The staple fell out. The piano was found at the surplus store. The perfect bookshelf was two dollars. The kind man at the restaurant supply place said, “Take all the plates, you can have them, I would just like to clear them out.”And then there was the cat. One child asked for a pet cat. The answer was no. So this child kept praying. Tiger, a striped cat, showed up one day at the back door. Somebody fed him milk and we now had a pet cat. For good.
The Lord said, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” (Matthew 7:7)
And as Elder Faust said, “There is no quota of how many needs we wish to pray for in each prayer. We do not need to go through secretaries or make an appointment to reach the throne of grace. He is reachable at any time and any place.” (Ensign, May 2002 p.5)
The best thing I can do for my children is to teach
them to look to God for answers.
I won’t always be there and I won’t always have the right answer, but God will.
I won’t always be there and I won’t always have the right answer, but God will.
