Answered Prayers

I love when my kids have their own experiences with prayer. Here are a few that have happened lately.

Abrianna:
We had a big storm that came in pretty suddenly a few weeks ago, right around bedtime. It really scared the kids with winds around 45 miles an hr and heavy rains. I tried to reassure them that it'd be okay but they weren't reassured. Then I realized: I had a story they could relate to. I said, "You know, God has power over the weather. In the story of Jonah, God brought the storm to the ship that made them send Jonah into the sea. He can control it, it's ok."
Abri "So, we can pray to ask him to make the storm go away?"
Me: "Yep"
Abri "I'm going to say a prayer that he'll make the storm go away."

Not more than two minutes later the storm calmed.

A couple of weeks ago, Abri and I were talking about her experiences at school. She said she had no friends to play with at recess. I asked her about a few of the kids that she had mentioned before and asked what they were doing at recess. She said they were playing with other kids. I suggested maybe she should ask Heavenly Father to help her have friends at recess the next day. She nodded. The next day at dinner I asked her how recess was. She said, I had a lot of friends to play with. I said, that's great, see, Heavenly Father answered your prayer. She nodded.

It's so nice to know that even when we aren't there to help our kids, Heavenly Father is.

Emma: Her Grandmother was driving her to the church building for Activity Days the other night, but she hasn't been to our building very much. Emma told me that she was worried that they wouldn't get to the church because Grandma kept making turns that weren't the normal route. She said a prayer and in a few minutes they got to the church.