Under the Parsonage Roof by Althea S. Miller
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PRAYING GROUND T he long, arduous day was coming to a screeching close. Mother was in the process of bedding down the babies. When three-year-old Mark lay on the floor kicking up his heels because he didn’t want to go to bed, that was the last straw. With what little strength she could muster, Mother laid the switch across his legs. The howl was deafening but the kicking stopped and Mark was bathed. With a sudden and swift determina tion, Mark ran from Mother and climbed into his bed. “ It’s time to pray, honey. Did you forget?” Mother lifted a reluctant son onto her lap and attempted to soothe him. She was not in the dark as to why he was perturbed. “ Let’s get down on our knees and pray to Jesus the way we always do. You know the Lord Jesus loves you and so does Mommie.” “No, I don’t wanna pray.” “Mark, Mommie can’t be proud of you when you are being naughty. Show me that you’ll be a sweet little boy again by praying. The Lord will feel so bad if you don’t pray.” Almost quicker than she realized what was happening, Mother’s ninth child was off her lap and back into his bed as he defiantly answered, “Let Him feel bad. I’m goin’ to sleep.” With this he closed his big blue eyes and lay as still as death. A rather shaken Mother stood for a moment wondering what, if any thing, she should do now. This pint- sized piece of humanity had issued an ultimatum and Mother knew it. With eight other children, nothing quite like this had ever happened. Now her heart told her to leave the room. Her baby was very tired and reasoning would be out of the ques tion. Furthermore, in such a state, what could his prayer accomplish? The words of the Psalmist came to her: “ If I regard iniquity in my heart the L ord will not hear me” (66:18). “Dear Lord,” she prayed, “don’t ever allow me to forget that sin will keep my prayers from being heard and prayerlessness will make me barren and unfruitful. Don’t let me delude myself into thinking that sin can be eliminated by sleep. Keep me on praying ground.” “ I don’t wanna pray.” “Yes, you do, Mark.”
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