Prayer for Children

I saw this on another blog, and LOVED it...I hope you will, too.

My Prayer for All Children

I pray that all children will be loved for who they are, for no reason other than that they are.

I pray that all children will be loved as first best, not second best; that they will be loved with an intensity that can move mountains, because life will present plenty of mountains that will need to be moved.

I pray that all children will have someone who will…

* seek them, and only them, out of the crowd on the stage;
* push them to reach for their goals and discover their unique gifts;
* hold them accountable for their actions with love and dignity;
* advocate for them through this maze called life;
* explain the unexplainable; and
* smile when they walk into the room, just because they did.

Mostly I pray that all children will have someone who knows them well enough and loves them deeply enough to see the divine spark that is unique in them.

I pray that this be the birthright of all children throughout the world. And since this birthright can only be fulfilled by parents, I pray that each child, regardless the circumstances of their birth, finds their parent and each parent finds their child.

Thanks God. Amen.

-By Dawn Davenport, www.creatingafamily.com