Faith of a Child

Tuesday I found out that my license plates were stolen off my car. Both the front and back. I don't know where it happened, but I called the police and made a report. He wasn't alarmed and informed me that this was rather normal. I dreaded going to DMV, they are always so busy!

On my way home from work, I noticed that someone spray painted "REPENT" on the side of a church on our street right down from our house.

When I picked up Caleb from Daycare his eyes were watery and he looked sick, but said he felt fine and was in good spirits. Right when we sat down for dinner, he grabed his mouth and threw-up. Anyone wanna know what he had for lunch? I cleaned him up and laid him on the couch, noticing he was very warm. I went get the Tylenol and thermometer, but he was already asleep when I came back to give it to him. I wondered how long this bug was going to last!

That night I was exhausted and knew that tomorrow was going to be a long day! As Angel took Caleb up to bed, I went to pray with Alisia. Tired, and ready to go to bed, I prayed first. Then I listened to Alisia as she prayed for each of these things that happened during the day.

-She prayed that God would help me tomorrow get new license plates.

-She prayed that the church would be easy to paint over.

-She prayed for whoever stole my license plate and whoever painted the church that they would repent.

-She prayed for Caleb that he would sleep good through the night and feel better.

-She prayed that no one else in our family would get sick.

-She prayed that we would all be able to sleep well and have a good day.

"Thankyou, Alisia," I said giving her a kiss on the head and covering her up tightly.

"Mommy don't worry," she said "God will take care of our family."

The next day (yesterday), Caleb woke up around 7. He had 13 hours of sleep. I asked him how he was feeling and he said "I'm not sick any more. I'm hungary." I made him some breakfast, we got ready, and he seemed his normal self. After I dropped him off at daycare, I went straight to DMV. They weren't busy and it only took me about 10 minutes to get new plates for my car. Work went well, and on my way home, I noticed someone cleaning the spray paint off the church.

At dinner time, I told Angel, Alisia, and Caleb the good news from the day and how different everything turned out than I had imagined. Alisia said "I prayed for you today at school and so did my class." She didn't seem surprised at all. She knew that God had heard her prayers and he would answer them. That night she remembered to thank God for answering her prayers and taking care of our family.

Matthew 18:3

And Jesus said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."