Light Come On

Over the last month we have installed a light on a timer in Jack’s room. The main purpose of this light is to come on at 7 AM and tell Jack that is okay for him to call for Mommy and Daddy. This system has worked well and has been more necessary since moving him into a big boy bed. Many days it is unclear whether Jack has awoken before the light and just laid there and played or whether the light has awoken him. I imagine it is a mixture of the two. However, on most days, we hear Jack’s little voice call out routinely at 7 AM, ‘Daddy – Light Come On’ and then one of us (usually Charles) goes in and gives his good morning greetings to Jack.

Today we heard Jack make a few noises around 6:30 AM, but then we heard nothing until the 7 AM callout ‘Daddy – Light Come On’. When we went in to Jack’s room to greet him we praised him for staying in his bed until the light came on. He very clearly told us that he woke up and prayed for his light to come on, and it came on! Charles and I looked at each other and smiled – it is such a precious thought to think of Jack laying there for thirty minutes (which I doubt really happened) praying that the light would come on! We encouraged him that this was a good practice and that God does listen to prayers – we pray that God would listen to our parental prayer that Jack would grow to be a man who loves to pray.