Comments on imperfect prose: when your toddler teaches you how to pray

"i more God." yes.

2012-01-30T16:30:40.018-08:00

"i more God."

yes.

kids teach us all we truly know...

2012-01-20T22:15:23.331-08:00

kids teach us all we truly know...

I want to fold my hands tighter into this prayer, ...

2012-01-18T21:01:42.271-08:00

I want to fold my hands tighter into this prayer, too. Our prayers are often more about posture than words. But I think your little one made both count here.

Children - only recently they sat in the arms of G...

2012-01-17T21:05:09.487-08:00

Children - only recently they sat in the arms of God, and somehow, at some level, they remember, and then forget. We spend our lives trying to remember. You are blessed and so are your sons.

yes aiden, more, please.

2012-01-17T18:29:41.275-08:00

yes aiden, more, please.

SO cute! :)

2012-01-17T17:59:20.612-08:00

SO cute! :)

How cool is that?! This just makes me smile a big...

2012-01-17T17:25:15.253-08:00

How cool is that?! This just makes me smile a big grinny grin.

xoxo

Oh, my goodness. Love his little heart. He sure lo...

2012-01-17T16:16:59.460-08:00

Oh, my goodness. Love his little heart. He sure looks like Jesus. Beautiful, Em. And, I love seeing your neck with your head bowed low! Loving that new look of yours. Very chic.

We are so blessed in and through our children...

2012-01-17T15:22:08.019-08:00

We are so blessed in and through our children...

I really enjoyed reading your post. Our kids can t...

2012-01-17T14:51:39.610-08:00

I really enjoyed reading your post. Our kids can teach us so many things. I love how kids have such an open heart for loving God. Sometimes I think us adults need to learn more from our kids and their love/faith for God.

What an amazing little boy. Truly amazing.

2012-01-17T12:05:54.143-08:00

What an amazing little boy. Truly amazing.

wow. so humbled!!!!

2012-01-17T10:32:08.282-08:00

wow. so humbled!!!!

What a beautiful post, I am so touched by your son...

2012-01-17T07:08:06.501-08:00

What a beautiful post, I am so touched by your son's heart.
Just came over from KD Sullivan's blog, what a beautiful space you have created here.

I love the sweetness of his heart mirrored in the ...

2012-01-17T06:05:05.839-08:00

I love the sweetness of his heart mirrored in the sweet stickiness of his hands.

be still my heart :) Oh, and I love your new hair!...

2012-01-16T20:57:41.019-08:00

be still my heart :) Oh, and I love your new hair!

okay so I cried. LOVE THIS!!!

2012-01-16T20:28:34.632-08:00

okay so I cried. LOVE THIS!!!

I more God. More... and more. Yes, more, sweet Je...

2012-01-16T20:05:07.729-08:00

I more God.

More... and more. Yes, more, sweet Jesus.

I love you, Em.

Painted tonight with the girls.

On canvas.

Thought of you, time after time, as I watched them put paint to canvas.

Anna says to me: "I want to paint like the girl who made that pretty picture on our wall."

That would be you. :)

So sweet. I've always loved the phrase about p...

2012-01-16T19:24:13.864-08:00

So sweet. I've always loved the phrase about praying without ceasing. The imperative holds true in nearly all faiths.

Sweet sweet sweetness he is!

2012-01-16T19:15:49.877-08:00

Sweet sweet sweetness he is!

How precious is "i more pray"? He's...

2012-01-16T17:34:33.004-08:00

How precious is "i more pray"?

He's so right, isn't he? Oh, for all of us to be more like children -- what a world it would be for Him.

Watching their young hearts (I almost wrote "...

2012-01-16T15:15:18.631-08:00

Watching their young hearts (I almost wrote "little hearts" but they're huge, as you tell us) bloom with love for Him is such a privilege.

Thanks for sharing this sacred glimpse, Emily.

P.S. I love your hair!!

2012-01-16T10:15:40.009-08:00

P.S. I love your hair!!

He has such a precious heart Em. You and Trent are...

2012-01-16T10:15:22.945-08:00

He has such a precious heart Em. You and Trent are evidently teaching him things you didn't even know, as he watches your lives. And he teaches us a thing or two as well!

Yes to more! Bless that sweet holy heart boy. He s...

2012-01-16T09:52:31.629-08:00

Yes to more! Bless that sweet holy heart boy. He sure blessed me today.

I'm crying now. This is beautiful.

2012-01-16T09:24:25.762-08:00

I'm crying now. This is beautiful.