prayer oh sweet prayer

yesterday we had an occurrence at our house that has not happened in a long time. all four of us were at the dinner table together, on a sunday none the less, and had dinner that began with family prayer (not counting the bites my son had down before i sat down). between their work and other things we just don't get the four of us together all at once. i miss it. it was what we did every night as they grew even into high school we managed to be together most nights. it was such a blessing.

something my husband said yesterday stuck with me. "we praise you father that your name is proclaimed in this house". it is.

my dad is 88 and very sick. he has moments when he is talking and totally not making any sense. he sometimes doesn't eat, or only eats things like broth. i was there on saturday. my mom and i made dinner. he came to the table. my older brother usually prays but if dad is at the table he gives him the option to pray or not. saturday he prayed and when he did the spirit of God took over his weak voice and he prayed magnificently. it was the most lucid thing he has said all week. we all lifted our heads and looked at one another and all of our mouths were dropped and we smiled and secretly praised God for what we just heard. i wish you could have seen it, i wish you could have heard my dad. i will never forget it. thank you Jesus.

prayer is the sweetest thing isn't it. when it's just my husband and i we take turns or sometimes when my heart is heavy he prays then i pray. once we walked the dog and we each prayed one sentence prayers over our children taking turns.

if you have any special prayer habits share them with me, or a special time prayer meant so much or what prayer means to you.


~janel