It's been almost two years since we had JJ in our home. Our oldest daughter, Sarah, turned 2-years-old while JJ was in our home. JJ was in our home for 7 months. Sarah just turned 4-years-old.
After JJ left our home family said that Sarah would forget JJ since Sarah was so young. Sarah kept her memories and has proven people wrong. Pretend JJ has become far less prominent and was often replaced with favorite characters from stories. She saw the real JJ at a Christmas pancake breakfast for our foster agency. This visit rejuvenated her memory and talk of JJ.
JJ talk drifted away again until about two months ago when Sarah started to pray to God that she would get to see JJ again. "Dear God, please let me see JJ again. Amen." Short, sweet, and to the point. This is her only prayer. If she prays before a meal, she will usually add something about being thankful for the food.
This has caused me to think two things:
Do I try to set up a meeting or do I just sit back and see what God does? (This makes me think of a joke involving a man on his rooftop with a flood around asking God to save him)
and
Wow, what does this say about how we model prayer?
