Eavesdropping

I didn't mean to eavesdrop on my son tonight. I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed when I heard him talking in the other room. He was curled up on the bed with one of his lovies. When you press his tummy, he recites a bedtime prayer. G has paid a lot of attention to prayers lately...those we pray together, the one his lovey says, and the ones offered up at lunchtime each day at school.

Tonight I heard him begin by saying the prayer along with his lovey. Then as the lovey stopped talking I clearly heard G on his own....

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer."

Psalm 19:14 flowed out of him so sweetly. We haven't practiced this particular verse or taught it in a devotional. It was part of a prayer a classmate says before lunch. Who knew that when we began this practice at LifeSong that it would be used to influence another heart? Who knew that my heart would be so influenced?

God knew. It was His plan from the beginning. He knew that this would be a stressful season in my life and that I would need this sweet reminder of His hand in my life and the life of my baby. Help me Father each day as I bind my heart to this prayer and let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.