Prayers

Tonight on the way home from work, a line from a nursery rhyme and another from a children's prayer came to me. I decided to look them up on the internet. The nursery rhyme goes like this --

Star light, star bright
The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

I decided to rewrite it, and in doing so, it became a prayer.

Lord of Light, Lord so bright
Your Love within me every night
I pray for comfort, I pray for peace
I pray for him, I pray he'll be all right,
And have this prayer fulfilled I pray tonight.


 The children's bedtime prayer dates back to the 1700s. Jim and I remember saying it in the 1950s when we were kids. The prayer is just as meaningful today as it was then, actually more so. Both of us gave our lives to Jesus, accepting Him as our personal Lord and Savior, many years ago.  Pray you have too.

"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
If I should live another day
I pray the Lord to guide my way.
Amen.