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I just read this post/prayer today from the blog A Holy Experience by Ann Voscamp, and thought it was beautiful and needed to be shared.
There is nothing more powerful than prayer and it is only by His power that hearts are changed. Pray for the little girls you take care of, that they will know and believe that beauty comes from the heart, that God may woo their hearts, that the sky will always be wide with hope over her, that hills will be an exhilaration, that trails will be a trail and all the stones stairs to God. That she would be clothed in a gown of grace, that her tongue would speak only words that make souls stronger, she would translate every burden into blessings, she would be nourished by the comfort food of the Word and that Word makes her crave more of Christ. That she would be translating every enemy into esteemed guests, when its hard to be patient…make her willing to suffer, when its ridiculous to be thankful…make her see all is grace, may she be bread and feed many with her life and her laughter, may she be thread and mend brokenness and knit hearts, that she would be led by the Spirit to lead many to the Cross that leads to the tomb wildly empty.
Though we may not be mom to the children we take care we are still a woman that these girls look up to and will mimic. They copy what we say, what we do and pick up on how we view ourselves. I pray that we as nannies would be given eyes to see ourselves and these beautiful little girls in our lives like God does. That we are created for His glory to do amazingly wonderful things for His Kingdom.