Prayer Requests

Today was Terrible Tuesday...the longest work-day of the week for me. While it is easy on days like today to feel overwhelmed and fried, I am often reminded that kids can brighten the most frightful of days. I was taking prayer requests in my last Kindergym class of the day, and here's how it went:

I said, "Alright kiddos...before we get started, do any of you have something you want to pray for?"
Hands waved frantically all around our little semi-circle. Still, most spoke overzealously out of turn.
"I want to pray for houses," boasted Matt.
"I want to pray for bugger and eyeballs," Catie chimed in.
Still more wanted to pray for dead pets and so forth.
Finally, I got around to calling on Ella.
"Yes, Ella?" I inquired.
Ella said, "I want to pray for my grandma because she's sick. Her name is grandma."
"Okay Ella," I said, "we'll pray for your grandma named grandma."
We bowed our heads and I began praying for all of the things the kids had requested and ended with a resounding "Amen!"
"I peeked a little," admitted Matt, while Sarah bragged, "Oh yeah, well I had my eyes open the whole time."

My oh my, how prayer can be an adventure :)