Joy Prayers: Caroling!

There are times of grief and begging God to take this cup from us. David did it pleading for the life of his first born son with Bathsheba. Jesus did it before the inevitable separation from His Father that He dreaded so desperately. I did it before my first born kitty boy, Toby, flew into Jesus' arms. I sure wasn't ready for him to leave mine.

Yet, I know all of Jesus' prayers were not done in desperation and sadness. He was full of gratitude, overcome with the joy of mingling with his own creation, indescribably loving His Father.

Talking to God should not be some formula, but magically unique, and from what Ruth Heflin says in her book, Glory, it should be more than anything about praise!

Psalm 8 and Matthew 21 say that God both perfects praise through the coos and Hallelujahs of His little kids, and He halts the evil and violent through those same Hosannas!

I have enlisted in the praise chorus of Christmas. The kitties and I are starting our mornings in songs of comfort and joy. As Ruth Heflin did, we are praising Him with souls in mind all over the globe. Little kids I've taught. Family who I don't get to see a lot. Endangered animals. Human Orphans in Uganda. Animal Orphans in Aruba. Powerful women who love God.

Anywhere we see a need, we're caroling our way for them to find joy through the Christmas Baby!

Our two guidebooks are the beautiful picture books, Margaret Wise Brown's The Moon Shines Down and Debby Anderson's Jesus Loves the Little Children.

God's kids from one to ninety-two are the little ones whose praise brings revolution and the most beautiful understanding of all, that God came to be with us, our Emmanuel!

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