Carey Kinsolving –
“I would pray that God’s hand be with me when I am hunting or fishing, or maybe when my sister is driving,” says ten-year-old Jacob.
A sister with a heavy foot can do wonders for a person’s prayer life.
Shelby (6) has a similar prayer: “When I am driving with Mommy, please keep me safe.”
All drivers with child passengers should remember that their precious cargo could be praying that they will slow down. Give your guardian angels a little rest.
“I would want God to be with me when I go upstairs all by myself,” says Brandon (6).
You never know what is lurking in closets, under beds and behind curtains.
Monster Cousins
God’s presence can protect you from the biggest and worst monsters that you would have ever imagined. No monster would dare show his green, slimy face when God is with you.
Brandon, when you get older, the monsters don’t disappear. They just change shapes.
The monster called ‘Fear’ has an insatiable appetite. He has a monster cousin called Worry. They are always looking for lives to destroy.
The Apostle Peter wrote that we should cast all our cares on the Lord because He cares for us. He warned that we should be alert because our adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion seeking to devour our lives (I Peter 5:7-10). We can resist fear and worry by looking to the Lord for our strength instead of our abilities, things or people.
“I would ask God to help me win races against bigger kids,” says seven-year-old Joseph.
Olympic Miracle
In the 1924 Paris Olympics, a Scot stood on the platform to receive a Gold Medal in the 400-meter race.
The strange thing was that he did not train for the 400 meters and had not planned to run. The preliminary heats for his race, the 100 meters, were on Sunday.
He withdrew from the race because competing on Sunday violated his convictions.
Instead, he ran and set a record in the 400 meters. He also ran in the 200-meter race and won a Bronze Medal.
Carey Kinsolving is an Auckland based storywriter and the above is a part of ‘Kids Talk about God’ distributed by Creators Syndicate. To access free, online ‘Kids Color Me Bible’ books, ‘Mission Explorers’ videos and all columns in a Bible Lesson Archive, visit www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org. To read journey-of-faith feature stories written by Carey Kinsolving, visit www.faithprofiles.org; Copyright 2014 Carey Kinsolving
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