Stahlke Adoption

Speed Prayer

For years, my goodnight prayer with the younger children has been the familiar "Now I lay me down to sleep," with a change of text to make it less scary:

Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord, my soul to keep.
Keep me safe throughout the night
Till I see the morning light.
Amen

Yesterday, our van perched in the exit lane of a parking lot, with cars approaching from behind. Peter jumped out of our van to go with Jonathan to David's basketball game. I realized that Peter would be in bed fast asleep by the time I got home later that night. So Peter and I said our goodnight prayer as fast as possible while the other cars waited. I think we did it in five seconds!

posted by Stahlkes @ 12:50 PM