the prayer was wrong

"Mom, I heard something wrong in that prayer."

There was an old kids' movie on the TV.  Both kids were home sick and they were getting more than their fair share of mediocre TV.  They hardly seemed to be paying attention.

I was tuning the TV noise out as I went about my housework, but tuned in as a little girl knelt by her bed and prayed.  She had some important business to do with God about some puppies.  I heard her say to God that she knows He's really busy up there and everything, but could He please keep her puppies from growing up?

I heard the part about God being busy.  He's often portrayed like that.  I was tempted to make a "teachable moment" out of it, but thought, "Let it be.  The kids are sick and hardly paying attention."  I went back to carrying laundry upstairs.

And then I heard it.

"Mom, I heard something wrong in that prayer."

From my perch halfway up the stairs I looked down on Bubba at the bottom.  He had lifted his energy-less body off of the couch and followed behind me to make that statement.

"What did you hear, honey?"

"That girl said she knew God was really busy--but actually God is never too busy for His children."

 You are absolutely right, Bubba.

In the midst of your croupy stupor, you heard an untruth and countered it with Truth.

And encouraged this mama's heart more than you'll ever know.

I'm unwrapping this everyday gift with Emily at Chatting at the Sky.