Prayer Wall

Posted by kristindunlop on Oct 28, 2010 in Daily Bread | 6 comments

Around the beginning of the year, my oldest daughter, Ella, created her very own “prayer wall” in her bedroom. I did not know she had done this. I noticed this one night as I tucked her in and saw her handwriting and pieces of paper on a section of wall by her bed. She had drawn a picture of three crosses and taped them to the wall. She had a figurine of a child on his knees praying at the crosses. She had several prayers to God written on the wall and on pieces of paper taped to the wall thanking Him for her family and friends and asking Him for His healing of other friends. It was a very sweet glimpse into her heart.

For many years now it has been on my heart to pray for my children and those children that are in my life. While Chuck and I do consistently pray for where our children are right now in their lives, it can sometimes be a challenge to look at the long term ways we can pray for them.

I want so desperately to set aside time where I pray for the eternal truths that I want my children to know, but often the day-to-day busyness of life interrupts those plans. But each day, as my children get older and I see how quickly my time with them is passing by, I am more convicted about making this a priority for our lives.

A few years ago our small group set aside the summer to pray for each family’s children. Each family took an evening to share the lives of their children and how we felt the group could specifically pray for each child. We also prayed eternal truths for them as well as prayers that covered each parent’s concerns for their children.

I am grateful for so many things. For the kid’s ministry and the teaching that our children are receiving; for the way the Lord has been leading me as a mom since the day sweet Ella was born; for our church and it’s focus on prayer this year; for the power of prayer and the way we can go to God with all of the “stuff” in our lives; for each of my children and the way they are discovering God for themselves.

I hope that as I tuck Ella in each night and look at her “wall”, that I will be reminded that the most important thing I can do for all of my children is to pray for their needs now and in their future.