When I was a young girl, I was afraid of the dark. I'd come into my mom and dad's room saying, "I'm scared!!" My mom would say to me, "You don't have to be afraid because you pray. Jesus is always with you." At that point, I'd go back to my bedroom, say the guardian angel prayer, the Our Father, and go to sleep.
I find myself saying the same things to my boys. I even hear my boys reiterating it to each other. Edwin would say to Alex, " You don't have to be afraid. Jesus is with you."
As an adult, I have more substantial fears-job stress, the economy, sickness, sadness... the litany is ongoing. I remember what I learned as a child from my mother, and what I now teach my sons. It still applies today. As an adult, I have to let go and trust God, just like I did as a little child, just as my children are now doing. We all need that childlike confidence that God will always take care of us.
I find myself saying the same things to my boys. I even hear my boys reiterating it to each other. Edwin would say to Alex, " You don't have to be afraid. Jesus is with you."
As an adult, I have more substantial fears-job stress, the economy, sickness, sadness... the litany is ongoing. I remember what I learned as a child from my mother, and what I now teach my sons. It still applies today. As an adult, I have to let go and trust God, just like I did as a little child, just as my children are now doing. We all need that childlike confidence that God will always take care of us.
I am blessed with my children and we have been learning the prayers at nightime before bed as well. Being raised by my parents to say our prayers and pray at bed time has been part of my childhood and now continues with my children as well. I feel it important to teach you children about jesus and instill early on the catholic faith. It also helps to let the children know where the other family members who have died are and how jesus does watch over us too. I also tell the children do not be afriad at night because jesus is watching over them as well as grandpa and great grandma too.
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