I had already written the suggestion for prayer for one's children s future spouses when I received a letter from my son-in-law. "Your grandchildren are terrific. Christiana [who is three] was swept away by a wedding witnessed in Louisiana. Lying beside her last night when putting her to bed I asked, 'What'd you like best about the wedding?' She thought ... then said, 'The blue girls.' Then, in an awed whisper, 'When I get big, Daddy, I want to be a mama and get married!' Her little face just beamed. I said, 'Well, we'll have to pray that the Lord grows you up to be a big girl who marries the right Christian man.' And she said, very quickly, 'Pray now!' So we did!"
For Our Children
Father, hear us, we are praying,
Hear the words our hearts are saying,
We are praying for our children.
Keep them from the powers of evil, From the secret, hidden peril,
From the whirlpool that would suck them,
From the treacherous quicksand pluck them.
From the worldling's hollow gladness,
From the sting of faithless sadness,
Holy Father, save our children.
Through life's troubled waters steer them,
Through life's bitter battle cheer them, Father, Father, be Thou near them.
Read the language of our longing,
Read the wordless pleadings thronging, Holy Father, for our children.
And wherever they may bide,
Lead them Home at eventide.
(From Toward Jerusalem, Amy Carmichael)
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