A tender heart

Sunday, I was running a couple of errands prior to church with our three girls in tow, and I had just enough time to stop by the house, drop them off with Brett and make it to the Greenhouse to set up for that evening. On the way into the house, Maitlyn accidentally stepped on a shiny green beetle. She was very upset. In fact, we was so upset that I had a hard time getting away to head to work. She needed mom's comfort. Maitlyn is really a very tender-hearted girl. I pray that God will keep her heart tender and that she'll be heart-broken over a lost world, not just a squished beetle.

Elspeth is also tender-hearted in a different way. A few weeks ago, we read the parable Jesus told about the persistent widow. We called it, "The Woman who Never Gave Up". And we began a family prayer journal. We are praying for several people right now, maybe even some of you. Elspeth remembers to pray for people. She often reminds me, "We need to pray for so-and-so that God will give them a clean heart." Elspeth may be our prayer warrior.

On a completely different note (but still in the prayer realm), Elspeth does like to pray "wisely" as she puts it. She means that she likes to pray silently.