What are the odds that Dick Cheney would have to go to the hospital for an irregular heartbeat on the very day that I questioned whether or not he was still with us?
I hate to say I smell a conspiracy, but it’s all very suspicious.
I’m kidding. No one has ever accused the government of having a sense of humor (unless you count the 700 billion dollar bailout) and I don’t want any government officials showing up on my door. It’s all in good fun. Rock on, Vice-President Cheney.
Anyway, a few mornings ago as I drove Caroline and her friend S. to school, I asked who wanted to pray for our day. They both yelled, “I DO!”
I said, “S. you go first and then Caroline.”
This was the ensuing conversation.
Caroline: “But S. went first the other day!”
Me: “Well, I don’t remember who went first so let’s just let S. go first.”
Caroline: “It’s not fair. She already went first.”
Me: “Okay girls. Pick a number between one and ten. Whoever is closest goes first.”
They pick their number and S. is the closest.
Me: “S. goes first.”
S: “Dear Jesus, thank you for this day. Help us to have a good day at school and please let us have fun and be nice.”
Caroline: “Dear Lord, please let Mama pick me to go first next time. Amen.”
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I heard about Cheney’s heart issues on the radio on my way home from school yesterday, and the VERY first thing I thought of was you and your theory that he was no longer with us.
Sometimes when praying with my husband, I do like Caroline and somehow work into my prayer what I would like for him to do….like, “and Lord, help Matt to have a softer tone when speaking to me”….
hahaha!
So I feel where’s she’s coming from!
I think it was a lovely prayer. It just shows that she is aware that the Lord can guide the big details, and the small details in our lives! Nice teaching mom!
I thought about you yesterday when I heard the news about the VP. In fact, I laughed when the report came on, and then had to explain to my family why I was NOT laughing at the fact that DC had heart trouble, but that you had just that day asked, “Where in the world is…” Too funny!
That sounds like my two nephews, the older one would pray for his friends and that they would make good decisions and not fight, and the younger nephew would pray “thank you God I had fun today I hope I have fun tomorrow”! I love the innocence of just being honest about how they feel.
I guess we should all be so honest before the Lord.
Very cute. Lately I’ve been marveling at how self-centered we all are as kids. With my three, our prayer debates go like this:
Me: “Who wants to pray for dinner?”
All 3: “I do!”
me: “Okay, A, you pray.”
H: “She prayed a week ago!”
C: “*I* like the food best, so *I* should pray!”
A: “…”
H: “You do not! *I* like it best! And *I* liked it first! YOU used to hate it!”
C: (crying) (did I mention C is an 11yo boy?) “H is being MEAN!”
A: “…”
H: (crying and shouting, 9yo girl) “HE’S BEING MEAN!”
Both: “MOM! She/He’s being SELFISH!”
Me: “You’re both being selfish.”
Both: “No I’m not!” (C might throw in a “You hate me!” here, cuz he’s all prepubescent now)
Me: “A, would you just pray?”
A: (6yo girl) “Now I don’t want to.”
Argh.
I thought about you later in the day yesterday when Cheney was having heart problems. I thought, “That Big Mama – she has the gift of prophecy!”
No doubt the Lord Jesus appreciates Caroline’s honesty and transparency.
so funny!! I had that same thought when I saw the report of him being in the hospital!!!
Too Funny! Although it’s not so funny when it can still happen when they’re 14 & 16. haha
What am I talking about, my husband and I can do the same thing when we pray together before bed. I’ll ask who’s turn is it and he’ll say “yours” and I say you always say that and so on. Not really arguing, just having fun. I think that’s call getting old, cause we can really neither one remember who prayed the night before.
I laughed so hard yesterday, when the news was all about him going to the hospital to get his heartbeat regulated. I knew you were going to be astounded. LOL
At least she is learning to pray honestly!
When I read about Dick, can I call him that? on the internet, I thought of you. I thought you might be prophetic and I was sorta tempted to ask you for lottery numbers….
Well at least she IS honest .. I know the Lord loves that!
Goodness! I was at the gym last night when I heard it and I had just read your post before I left home and thought how IRONIC that was. You working secretly for the government?? ;o)
Funny. At least you’re teaching her that God answers prayer–she must believe it was worth asking for!
I love kids’ honesty. As adults, we can learn a lot from him.
Oops. I meant to say them, not him, but we can learn a lot from Him, too.
Ha! Sufficient Grace stole my line – you definitely are showing the gift of prophecy!
I noticed that about Cheney. Hmm, the irony.
Their prayers sound like what my husband and his sisters used to do at the dinner table while saying the blessing.
Between prayers like that and the whole “You mean to tell me Jesus was on earth?!”, I’d say you and P are doing a right fine job in the spiritual training department.
Your Caroline and my L should get together. She once thanked the Lord that she got to have two gummy worms at Granny’s house when her sister only got one. We must have those priorities in line!
At least she is honest
I would love to be a fly on the dashboard on the way to school one day.
And I too thought of you yesterday as I saw the MSNBC headline about Cheaney & his heart issues.
: )
Oooh…I guess it’s been a while since I clicked through…love your pretty fall colors!
I got that eerie “Enemy of the State” (movie) feeling when I saw the news report about Dick Cheney. I thought, “Someone’s been reading BigMama’s blog.”
Okay, so I used to deal with the fight over who gets to do what on a daily basis. My solution… each kid gets a day. MWF is Bear’s day to do things, T,TH,ST is Buddy’s day… then Sunday is Mommy and Daddy’s day to decide. Never an argument again. Until Bella is old enough to care and we work her into the puzzle.
Perhaps something like that would work for Caroline and her friend? Except then you’d lose out on wonderful bloggy moments like this one.
Yeah, I was going to ask if you were secretly a White House correspondent!;)
Precious prayer!
Gotta love it!
I was so hoping you would post about the Cheney heart issue today! I thought it was so funny that it was like the Vice Presidential PR team knew you started a “Where’s Dick?” buzz and had to answer the outpouring of questions. Now we know, but I am not sure this is better news than MIA.
And I love how kids pray! I am working on praying with my 17-month-old. When I say, “Let’s pray,” she puts her hands together and says “Amen.” I am sure she will be praying for cupcakes next week.
I’m just impressed she prayed after all the drama… b/c my sweet girl (who’s 3) usually yells, “NO! I don’t want to talk to Jesus now!”
And then we all take cover from the inevitable lightning. :O)
She’s not competitive or anything, right?? She sounds a lot like my little guy….he always wants to go first and be the winner. NO MATTER WHAT!!!
So funny – this reminds me of a time when I used to teach day camp in the summer. This is how the conversation went.
Brady: “Miss Whitney, Julianna said my name was ugly!”
Me: “Julianna, apologize to Brady for calling his name ugly.”
Julianna: “Brady, I’m sorry your name is ugly.”
Not exactly what I was going for, but hey – she was honest!
I’ll be willing to be that Jesus laughed right out loud!
(Oh, you know, at Caroline’s totally honest comment…not VP Cheney’s heart problems, of course.)
As if Caroline’s the only one who does that.
Just this morning I was praying about replacing my car, after the 3 warning lights with their accompanying bells came on that I’ve been driving around with for over a week as I started the engine, with a CERTAIN car, & asked for forgiveness for not being able to pray that in Jesus’ name.
Love it!! At least you were having an argument over who could pray first. At the dinner table my two year thinks everyone should have a turn and won’t eat until everyone at the table has prayed. I don’t know what we’ll do at Thanksgiving?!?
Don’t you just love the honesty? My 5 yo prays first @ most meals…a benefit of being the “baby” and prays to be the line leader at school and not to get his name moved.
Nothing better than the “honest and sincere” prayers of little ones!
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I admit you were the first person I thought of when I saw Cheney on the news!
I heart Caroline’s honesty
Please don’t ever question my whereabouts! I sure don’t wanna wind up with a ticker issue or something
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I love C and her friends. Those stories are such much better to hear than…I HATE YOU! GIVE IT BACK TO ME! IT’S MINE! (ahhh the joy of teen daughters
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This post reminds me of the “but my dress is prettier” post!!
How sweet! I love that they pray over their day! I love that – and a kid’s honesty!
What a great blog… informative and funny!! great mixture.. I will definetely be back to visit.
blessings,
debbie
Loving it!!!
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