A Prayer for my Daughter

(Thanks to Girl Talk for this. Yes, I read a blog called “Girl Talk.” Shut up. It’s by the Mahaney ladies.)

I plan on praying this over Zoë (and our future kids) regularly before I put her down for bed . . .

“Apply Your redemption to her heart, by justifying her person, and sanctifying her nature. Teach her to place her happiness in Thee, the blessed God, never seeking life among the dead things of earth, or asking for that which satisfies the deluded; but may she prize the light of Thy smile, implore the joy of Thy salvation, find their heaven in Thee.”

I might even leave the “Thees” and “Thys” in there.