This Little Prayer of Mine
With engaging rhymes and beautiful illustrations, This Little Prayer of Mine assures children that God is always near–watching, listening, caring, and eager to respond to their requests. They’ll also learn that prayer isn’t just about asking for things, but about sharing their feelings of sadness and uncertainty as well as of thanksgiving and joy.Most importantly, This Little Prayer of Mine reminds children—and those who love them—that they can trust God to tenderly care for them, no matter what the future holds.
As parents, we want our children to understand the power and personal communication that prayer is supposed to be. DeStefano uses the child-like prayer in this book to illustrate how open and honest children can be when they pray to God. (You can view an interview with the author on FoxNews talking about this book.)
I immediately read this book to our children. They definitely gave it a thumbs up. They enjoyed the pictures and the prayer.
Momma C’s Thoughts: I hate to admit this but I have never really cared for “prayer” books. The ones that we do have don’t ever get read. The kids don’t ask for them and I don’t initiate them. Sounds pretty bad doesn’t it? Here is why…From the time our children could say their first words, we have taught them to simply talk to God. Tell Him whatever they want. We have never used a memorized prayer. They learn about prayer from other people around them modeling – true honest communication with God.
With that said…as far as prayer books go – this has to be the best one that I have read. It is real. Thoughts that a child would have. Thoughts that a child should know that God wants to hear. I like how this book demonstrates a conversation with God. Truly, that is what prayer is.
My favorite part of this book is the illustrations. While reading, we spend a lot of time looking analyzing the characters in the story – how are they feeling, why are they feeling that way, what fruit of the Spirit is this person showing or not showing. Even in the simple illustrations, there is a lot of discussion available.
The reservation that I have is with a few of the words. Although they may be thoughts of a child, I feel they could have been worded a little differently. Let me give you an example.
There’s really just one other things
I’d like to ask again.
Please love me God, forevermore.
That’s all I want.
Amen.
If one of our children prayed this in their prayer, we would discuss it because a child should never feel the need to pray for God to love them. I want my children to know this. There is nothing that they can do or say to stop God’s love for them. I will say that a few pages back they author does use the line “But most of all I’m grateful for your {God’s} love that never ends.” I just wish the ending was a little different. Picky? Maybe. Honest? Always.
This is a book that you will enjoy having in your library. The illustrations alone are worth it. The words are just an added bonus. What better thing to teach your children then to honestly talk to God in prayer?
This book was provided for honest review by Waterbook Press. Thank you!
