School Prayers

God’s hands are never tied.

This weekend is the last weekend before school starts for my kids. (sigh) It’s been a fabulous summer for us and I’m really sad to see it end. School starts entirely too early in Georgia if you ask me. I mean, it’s not even August yet. What happened to starting after Labor Day? But, like it or not, school starts next week.

There’s been a lot said about prayer in schools. I regularly get those posts to “like” and “share” if I believe prayer should be allowed in public school.

The truth is that no one can stop prayer in public school or anywhere else, for that matter. God hears our every thought and knows our hearts. What’s stopping our teachers and kids from saying a silent prayer at the beginning of the day? Christians aren’t required to go to a certain place to pray or to pray at a specific time. God’s hands cannot be tied.

Here’s another question, “Are we praying with our children before they leave our house?”

Government can’t stop God. He can flourish in the hearts of all followers as long as we keep praying. I always encourage my kids to pray before they start their day. I always pray for them after I drop them off. I feel that they are covered. My hubby and I have taught them that they can pray anywhere and anytime. God always hears.

Instead of being annoyed the next time you see the Facebook post complaining about the fact that prayer isn’t allowed in public schools and lamenting that things aren’t like they used to be, I would like to ask you to join me in praying for the students and the teachers. Just stop for a moment and say a prayer.

As Christians, that’s a powerful gift we can offer all of our educators as well as the kids. In fact, maybe we should just add our kids’ teachers to our daily prayer lists. We might find a very different school year ahead.

If parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all just added a daily prayer for teachers from pre-school to college, as well as for our students, the entire school experience for everyone involved could change dramatically. We may be wonderfully surprised.

I think it’s worth a try. Maybe you do too.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂