Maybe we can learn a little from a four year old. The simplicity. The innocence. The unbiased and pure attitude of a four year old. I got home from work today and wanted to see some of what the news was saying about the whole inauguration. Mariah (5) told me all about watching it and talking about President Obama today it school. Makalah (4) knew all about the back yard that our new president has from some school material she received. Mariah was VERY proud to know that he is the FIRST president that isn’t white. (interesting how she put that. Not just the first black president, but the first one NOT white) Then when I mentioned our evening devotions and prayer time Makalah said “I want to pray for Arack Obama (yes, no “B” in the name for her)”. We talked some more about how cool it was to see the new president inaugurated. Again the fact that he wasn’t white. Mariah at one point said “His daughters are so lucky. I want to live in the White House.” We got to our devotion time and Makalah had her turn to pray. She simply prayed “Dear Jesus. Thank you for President Arack Obama. I pray they would have good rest and good dreams (she prays that every time). I pray you would protect them. In Jesus name, Amen!”
Know what I realized? 7,5, and 4 years old. Not ONE snide comment. Not ONE complaint. Not ONE “end of the world” scenario. Not ONE “I can’t believe He is president!” She prayed for him. Huh. I wonder if we can learn from that? The first person she wanted to pray for at prayer time was our President. It didn’t matter that he was black or white. Republican or democrat. Pro-Choice or Pro-Life. Bail out or no bail out. She prayed! She prayed! Did you get that? SHE PRAYED! I think we can learn from that.
From a four year old,
Jeff
