Teaching

A couple of weeks ago I lost something pretty big. I kept praying to find it and just kept getting the impression to pray with the kids and have them help me find it. So we did. I explained to them that if we lose something and we say a prayer Heavenly Father will help us find it. We never found it. I think it ended up in the trash. At least that is the feeling I get. I was kind of bummed afterward though because I thought that my kids wouldn't learn this great lesson about prayer.
A couple of days later though, I couldn't find my shoes so we could leave. I had looked everywhere and I remembered seeing JJ walking around with them (he thinks that I need to have them on all the time) Well I was complaining about it and Maddie walked up to me and said, "Why don't we say a prayer Mom, and Heavenly Father will help us find them" I couldn't believe that even though it didn't work the first time she still remembered and wanted to try again. So we sat down and said a prayer and she walked away and walked back a couple of minutes later with my shoes, Saying "It worked, It worked!" I am so glad that such a small thing stuck with her. I know that we won't always find things when we pray for help because sometimes there are bigger lessons to be learned. I just thought the first time that, that is what was going to happen because I kept getting that feeling until after we prayed and I kept getting the feeling it was gone in the trash.