Friday, October 16, 2009

"Are we delivered?"

Perfect. From Hunter Baker, the author of the book recommended in the previous post:
Every night, my wife and I put the children to bed with a song and a prayer. I have been trying to teach them the Doxology and the Lord's Prayer.

Last night, I asked my four year old daughter Grace if I should pray or if she wanted to do it. She said, "You pray the one that God prayed. Pray the one God said Jesus to pray." So, I prayed the Lord's Prayer line by line with her repeating after me.

At the end, she asked, "Daddy, what does 'Deliver' mean?" I told her it means to protect from something or to rescue from something bad. And then she asked, "Is that happening to us? Are we delivered?"

I told her the same thing Alyosha told the grieving boys at the end of The Brothers Karamazov.

Yes, we are. And just like those boys, she was happy.
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: Sweet Faith of a Child

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