Lessons On Prayer

Monday night, for Family Home Evening, we were talking about prayer. I asked each of my children to share a time when their prayers had been answered. 

Rylee shared a time she had ran home to get a stuffed animal out of the house to show her grandma (we live down the street from my parents) and the house was locked, she was too short to punch in the code for the garage door so she tried to crawl through the dog door but wouldn't fit. She started to cry, then said a prayer and felt inspired to see if the car in the driveway was open. It was and she noticed the remote to the garage and was able to get in through the garage. 

Devree & Austin also shared a story where they prayed to find things and found them. 

Alex shared how one night when he first got home he couldn't sleep. He said a prayer and a voice came to him and told him to calm down, that he was worrying too much about learning English. Then he informs us he was praying in Russian. I asked if God's voice was in Russian? The look on his face of realization was priceless,  YES! God spoke to him in Russian! Then he asked me if God can speak Chinese? I asked him what did he think? 

Yes?

Yes! God speaks and understands all languages and all his children.

The next day Alex asked me if Chinese people pray when they're meditating? I told him it was sort of like a prayer, that they try to relax and feel at peace or to clear their minds and get answers. He informed me that he tried meditating and it didn't work. I asked him what he did?  He demonstrates by  sitting cross legged and places his hands on his knees, with middle and thumbs touching and makes a "Ohmmm" sound. 

(I am trying not to laugh at this point.)

I asked what he was meditating for? 

"To find out who all the kung-fu masters were!"

"And it didn't work?"

"No."

I had to turn away to avoid bursting into laughter!