Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Best Time in Life for a Children's Prayer

A timely prayer is a rare find.  Let me present the case that one traditional "Children's Prayer" is a candidate for people in their 80s and 90s.

"Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take."

When a child the possibility of dying in my sleep was not imaginable. In the mid 80s I find that the chance of a surprising death is no longer a remote possibility. The value of time raises when it becomes more limited. Thoughts about the reality of mortality are no longer a lullaby.

Finding the right prayer involves the state of mind that a person brings to a particular time in the journey of life. I rest my case.

Delton