{"id":736,"date":"2009-04-02T19:18:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T01:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottnkelly.com\/blog\/?p=736"},"modified":"2009-04-02T19:18:25","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T01:18:25","slug":"omniscience-small-boy-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/02\/omniscience-small-boy-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Omniscience – small boy edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part of our morning routine involves a brief time of “praying for the day” in the car on the way to school. One would think this\u00a0event would engender feelings of good will and spirutality but as anyone with young children can testify, every\u00a0moment stands alone as an opportunity for disagreement. Even prayer.<\/p>\n

Over the years we’ve endured the ongoing debate as to the pronunciation of the word “Amen.” Then there was the fight over who would get to say THEIR teacher’s name FIRST in the order of the prayer (because that naturally made the teacher more important in the eyes of God). And lately it’s been the frustrating addition of “extra” prayers after each child has made their individual petitions. This is especially annoying to the one following the prayer dawdler because it means they need to practice the stressful virtue of patience . . . \u00a0which is in short supply at 7:22 in the morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today it was the last straw for Spencer who waited patiently for his turn until Emma Kate seemingly completed her prayer only to burst out in unison with him as he mimicked her\u00a0plea of \u00a0“WAIT! I have ONE MORE PRAYER!” I struggled not to laugh but finally lost it when in\u00a0the lull of Emma’s mortification I heard the boy mutter an irritated\u00a0“I KNEW IT!”<\/p>\n

I’m so glad we pray in the mornings. Goodness only knows what they’d say to each other if we DIDN’T!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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