Nightmares, Parenting and Prayer
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
It is 4:17am and I am up because my foster brother woke me up. He had a nightmare and was scared and went walking around the house. At first I didn’t know what he was doing, but he was looking for my dad. So, as he was knocking on my parent’s door, I asked him what was wrong. He said he had a bad dream about killing and dying. So instead of waking up my dad, I asked my foster brother if he wanted to pray. He said yes.
I totally got that from my parents. Anytime my siblings or I had a bad dream, we would do as my foster brother did. Seek them out. They would return us to bed and pray with us there. And I can say that I did the same for my foster brother because I had such awesome examples. As soon as I said “Amen,” my foster brother said thank you, rolled over and went to sleep.
Two thoughts went through my head: (1) Thank you Jesus for such fantastic parents. (2) I can’t wait until I am a parent.
What awesome things do you thank your parents for?