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Answered prayer
During the fast my wife and I have been praying specifically for friends and others who do not have a relationship with God and that our children will grow to love and seek a relationship with Him. One of our children is one who seems to enjoy dancing on the line a little too much so, needless to say, he has been the focus of a lot of those prayers - just that God would renew any spirit of rebelliousness in him and that He would draw close to him. Tuesday evening he became adamant about reading “lots of pages” in his bible which we thought was awesome, but when it was bed time about an hour later and he didn’t want to stop, that was even cooler. We told him he could keep reading in bed and about a half an hour later we heard him call out, “I’m done!”. He was so proud of himself that he had just read a 212 page bible front to back - needless to say we were too. After questioning him and talking for awhile we were amazed as to how much he remembered and comprehended what he had just read. We tucked him in and five to ten minutes later as I walked past his room, I looked in and caught him up on his knees praying all by himself. I ran and grabbed my wife to show her so that she could see it too and cry and stuff - talk about a proud parent moment! He is only SEVEN! Definitely an answer to prayer!
