Prayer for Sophie

Sarah has finally started praying in her own words (not just "God is great...") and I remind her to pray for Sophie (though I suspect I can stop reminding her now). Here is this morning's prayer:
"God is great, God is good, let us thank him for this food. By His hands we are fed, thank you God for this bread. And thank you for Sophie God, please let her have a good breakfast and be safe. In your God's most mighty name Jesus Christ. Amen. .... I prayed for Sophie Mama."
And don't we all know that Sophie had a good breakfast today????

And for all of I found this prayer online. Sorry I can't give credit to the author...but I fully admit it wasn't me. :)

"We pray for children who put chocolate fingers everywhere, who like
to be tickled, who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants, who
sneak popsicles before supper, who erase holds in math workbooks, who
never can find their shoes....

And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind barbed
wire, who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who
never "counted potatoes," who are born in places we wouldn't be
caught dead, who never go to the circus, who live in an X-rated
world.

We pray for children who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of
dandelions, who sleep with the dog and bury goldfish, who hug us in a
hurry and forget their lunch money, who cover themselves with Band-
Aids and sing off key, who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink, who
slurp their soup....

And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe blanket
to drag behind them, who watch their parents watch them die, who
can't find any bread to steal, who don't have any rooms to clean up,
who pictures are not on anyone's dresser, whose monsters are real...

We pray for children who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick their food, who like
ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed and never rinse
out the tub, who love visits from the tooth fairy, who don't like to
be kissed in front of the school bus, who squirm in church or temple
and scream in the phone....

And we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will
eat anything, who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by
anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep, who live
and move and have no being.

We pray for children who want to be carried, for those who must, for
those we never give up on, and those who will grab the hand of anyone
kind enough to offer it."


And so....please pray for Sophie today. That she has enough to eat, someone to hold her and make her feel safe, and has a little friend to hold hands with and know that someone understands. I can not tell you the love I feel for my precious Sophie....