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Please Help The Homeless To Know That I Love Them hen my children, Christy and Paul, were 3 and 4 years of age, I taught them the beloved children’s prayer, “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.” To teach them intercessory prayer, I instructed them to add, “…please bless Grandma and Papa…” at the end of the prayer. One morning, on our way to Sunday School, we noticed a homeless woman asleep in an exterior doorway of the church. It was very cold and windy and the woman was bundled up with a heavy coat and blankets. I always made everything a teachable moment. Like the time Paul asked me, “What’s inside a raindrop?” and we had a conversation about that. I was accustomed to Paul and Christy’s questions and I was sure they would ask about the homeless woman. That night, 3 year-old Christy said her bedtime prayers, “….guide me
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safely through the night, and wake me with the sunshine bright. Please bless Grandma and Papa and please help the homeless to know that I love them.” The homeless woman was all alone and it is entirely probable that she felt invisible
and forgotten. At 3 years of age, Christy was applying what she learned about intercessory prayer. Ultimately, it was I who learned how to effectively pray for others. The teacher was my 3 year-old daughter. About The Author
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by Pam Walker
Pam Walker, a native of Rome, is a paralegal at Vaughn & Clements PC in Calhoun. She is a local columnist for the Rome News-Tribune. Pam and her husband, Stan, are members of Riverside Baptist Church, in Rome where she teaches the Naomi Sunday School class twice a month. Readers may email her at pamterrellwalker@gmail.com.
