Lessons in praying.

Sofia loves prayer time before meals.  She likes to pray first and then for daddy to pray afterwards.

Sofia also believes that everyone should pray before they eat.  We were actually at a restaurant the other day and she noticed the people at the table next to us didn't pray before eating.  She wanted to tell them to pray but then said she was too shy.  (Yeah right!)

Today as she prayed before her lunch we noticed it was going on, and on, and on.  "Dear Lord, thank you for the food.  And Lord, thank you for the flowers.  And thank you for the trees.  And thank you for all the people.  Thank you for all the people in the world you made. "  This wasn't a bad thing.  It was actually very sweet and uplifting to her parents' hearts.

But soon we were enlightened to why the pray was extra long.

Stopping her prayer, she looks at her plate and says, "Noodles, don't be hot any more."  Then bows her head and gets back to praying.  "And Lord thank you for the animals, and Selah, and for everything you do."  Looks at her plate again.  " Amen."

The food was cool enough to eat now so the prayer stopped.    

The moral of the story:  when it's hot, pray!  Hmmmmm....there may be more lessons to this than we realize.:)