Our First Prayer

There is something about seeing your baby for the very first time. I'm not talking about at birth, when they enter this world and change your life forever. I'm talking about even before then, halfway into your pregnancy, when the pictures from your ultrasound show you a fully formed little child that is resting in your belly.

Above is my favorite picture of Cali from before I had even met her. When I saw this picture, my first thought was, she's praying! This image has always been dear to my heart, and as I've watched my daughter grow, this image means more to me than I could ever have imagined.

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made," Psalm 139:13-14.

As I have watched my daughter grow into her child-like faith, I believe that God had fearfully and wonderfully made her in my womb and that picture represents her as such. She is my prayer warrior. Her undeniable trust in God, that He will heal and protect us when she asks, is a testimony that He has created us to have an intimate relationship with Him. He has desired that of us since we were in the womb. He knew us before we were created (Jeremiah 1:5) and His desire to be with us is from an unconditional and eternal love. My daughter spends her days reaching out to Him, not just in the biggest concerns, but even in the smallest, minutest details, that I seem to overlook daily. She shows me why I need to work on my prayer life. She is my encouragement to strengthen my relationship with God. She is why I am beginning this blog. She is why I want to share with you our Conversations With God.