Service

Dear God,
I just had a meeting with a friend from my volunteer group who is an amazing women. You've created her to be a MOTHER. She's an amazing mother to 3 children, and has been a foster mother to more than 12! Thank you for people like her, thank you for the strength you give her. God please give Caroline the heart of service that you've obviously given to my friend. Please make her willing and able to see when people need help and to reach out to them. God thank you for our girl, and for the community of people in which we're raising her.

Amen.

Acceptance

Dear God,
You've made Caroline such a friendly little girl! She's so willing to talk to just about everyone we encounter, and she'll let any of our friends pick her up and hold her. Thank you for giving her such an accepting nature. Please let that nature grow as she does, and extend into adulthood. Please make her into a woman who accepts others without judgement.

Amen.

Lifetime Friends

Dear God,
Thank you for the friends you've blessed us with. Thank you for friendships that have lasted over so many life stages. Today we had the gift of spending lunch with two friends who have been around a long time! Dear God, today I pray that Caroline develop deep, lasting friendships with good people, and that those friendships stick with her through good times and bad. Thank you for the people you've given us - who we see as a gift.

Amen.

Optimism

Dear God,
Today my prayer for Caroline is that you give her the gift of being optimistic. Please let her be a person who confidence in the future and confidence in her ability to be successful. God give her an attitude that's contagious to the people around her, and one that brings her happiness. Please also let her grow into a person who's able to see the good around her, who is able to say that she's blessed by her circumstances.

Thank you God for today, for our sweet girl and for the gift of prayer.
Amen.

Communicaiton

Dear God,
As Caroline grows it's so neat to watch her learn to speak. I can see the wheels turning in her head when she's trying to tell us something, or when she's frustrated that I'm not doing what she wants me to do. Today I pray that you help me teach Caroline how to communicate, and that you help her continue to develop communication skills. I also pray for patience for both of us as we work out what the other one is trying to say.

Thank you for our sweet baby and her voice.
Amen.

Immune System

Dear God,
Today I'm sick with a sinus infection, and my prayer is that Caroline stays healthy while I'm not. Please strengthen her immune system so she doesn't get sick easily.
Amen.

Choking

Dear God,
Today Caroline and I were with another toddler as she put small crayon pieces into her mouth. Fortunately, I was there when she did it, and asked her to spit them right out into my hand. It make me remember how quickly bad things can happen, and how vigilant I have to be about watching Caroline. Today I pray that she doesn't ever have a choking situation to deal with. Please keep her from any situation where that might happen.
Amen.