[CS-FSLUG] Prayers

[Fred A. Miller]

                UNANSWERED PRAYER?

        The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her father always 
paused and bowed his head, for a moment, before starting his sermon.

        One day, she asked him why.

        "Well, Honey," he began, proud that his daughter was so observant of 
his messages, "I'm asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon."

        "How come He doesn't do it?" she asked.


                BEING THANKFUL

        A rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy, "So your mother says 
your prayers for you each night? Very commendable. What does she say?"

        The little boy replied, "Thank God he's in bed!"


                EXPRESS PRAYER

        Our son had only heard his grandfather pray at Thanksgiving, Easter, 
and other special occasions; when he, typically, said a long prayer over the 
food. One night, after a fun camp-out and fishing trip, grandfather (to our 
son's surprise) asked a very brief blessing on the food. With a gleam in his 
eye, our son grinned at his Grandfather and said, "You don't pray so long when 
you're hungry, do you Grandpa?"


                UNTIMELY ANSWERED PRAYER

        During the minister's prayer, one Sunday, there was a loud whistle 
from one of the back pews. Gary's mother was horrified. She pinched him into 
silence and, after church, asked, "Gary, whatever made you do such a thing?"

        Gary answered, soberly, "I asked God to teach me to whistle ... and He 
just then did!"


                TIME TO PRAY

A pastor asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night.

"Yes sir," the boy replied.

"And, do you always say them in the morning, too?" the pastor asked.

"No sir," the boy replied. "I ain't scared in the daytime."



                THE BLESSING

        My wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to our
six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I 
wouldn't know what to say," she replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," 
my wife said. Our daughter bowed her head and said, "Dear Lord, why on earth 
did I invite all these people to dinner?"


                BEWARE OF TRASH

        One particular four-year old prayed, "And forgive us our 'trash 
baskets' as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."


                ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS?

        When my daughter, Kelli, was 3, she and my son, Cody, would say their 
nightly prayers, together. As most children do, we have to bless every family 
member, every friend, and every animal (current and past).
        For several weeks, after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli 
would say, "And all girls."
        As this soon became part of her nightly routine, to include this at 
the end, my curiosity got the best of me and I asked her, "Kelli, why do you 
always add the part about all girls?"
        Her response, "Because we always finish our prayers by saying 'All 
Men'!"

                
                SAY A PRAYER

        Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his
Grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was
being served. When little Johnny received his plate, he started eating 
right away.
        "Johnny wait until we say our prayer."
        "I don't have to," The boy replied.
        "Of course, you do," his mother insisted. "We say a prayer, before 
eating, at our house."
        "That's our house," Johnny explained. "But this is Grandma's house and 
she knows how to cook!

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