HOW MANY CHILDREN PRAY FOR THOSE WITH HIV?

Last night our family was eating dinner and since it is the second Sunday of Advent, we had lit the candle and were sharing some things to pray over before we left the table. I shared a few concerns of sick friends at church, and praying for our agency's registration, and our youngest shared about a child in his class who is sick, another shared about a child with a cold, and then our 9 yr old Cailyn shared, "I want to pray for the people who have HIV, who maybe its real hard because it's really hard to cure it or even there isn't a cure. Because that is really hard to deal with at the holidays." My heart swelled with pride and also sadness. The pride was in my daughter, and really all of our children who have learned and grown so much in the last year. What an amazing privilege to have seen what we've seen this past year. The sadness was over those very people she wanted to pray for...alone, scared, many who are fearing for their children and what will become of them. My thoughts went to our new daughter Yeru, whose mother passed just last April at the age of 27. So young, so full of hope for her daughter. I pray that she is able to see her outcome, see her get into our home, and that I will raise her in a way that will honor the mama who gave her life. Yes, Cailyn, let's pray for those people, the ones with HIV, the ones who may have lost hope. And thank you, Jesus, for opening our eyes to the many ways you are working in this world, not just in the lives of our sick friends at school, but in the lives of the terminally ill on the other side of the world. What a great prayer that was out of our sweet daughter's lips.