Prayer is both journey and destination, yearning and fulfilment. Its mysteries are deep enough to keep us seeking for a lifetime the closer company of God.

Marlene Chase

Prayer is the burden of a sigh,

The falling of a tear,

The upward glancing of an eye

When none but God is near.

James Montgomery

I said to the man who

stood at the

gate of the year

‘Give me a light that I

may tread safely into

the unknown.’

He said to me,

“Put your hand into the

hand of God, and that

will be to you better

than light and safer

than a known way.”

“Prepare your child for life with………..KIDS WORLD.” says the advertisement in “The Aucklander 9 December 2010 on page 11”.

It’s all about “Early Care and Learning”.

Another flyer I have here before me is called “Wriggle and Rhyme”. Free Wriggle and Rhyme sessions are held at libraries.  The ad says: “Active Movement provides positive movement experiences for children under 5 to stimulate the development of the brain and body, building the foundation for pre-literacy and learning”.

Preparing the  children for life is the desire of parents.

What is now the best way to prepare our children for life?

My mother prepared me for life: The BIBLE was in our home! She prayed for me!

Read Joel 1:3-4

Exodus 20:3

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

“Writers need to try to change the minds of readers, or make readers start to think about a subject in a much more intense way than they perhaps did before.” – Lee Gutkind