A Testimony of Prayer

So last night my son's prayer went like this:

"Heavenly Father, Bless those babies. Bless Caleb, Mommy, Daddy, and Cooper to have a baby. Bless those babies to come to my house. Bless that there no webs and no spiders. Name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

The past few nights Caleb has woken up early and been very whining, cranky, and extra tired. We haven't been able to figure out what was going on until the other night when he yelled out in his sleep and woke up at 3 in the morning. When I went to check on him, he told me a very vivid story about how a spider was in our house and how he tried to touch the spider web but he got stuck and then the spider came to get him. He was very concerned that the spider was now in our living room. I stayed with him until he could fall back asleep, and began to wonder if bad dreams were the reason Caleb has been so extra tired and cranky lately.

Last night we talked to Caleb about dreams and how the spider wasn't real but was just a bad dream. He was still very concerned about the spider. Then we told him that he could say a prayer and ask Heavenly Father to help the spider go away and help him have good dreams. Lately Caleb has been struggling saying prayers. He has prayed for months to have a baby come to our family to no avail. He has begun to refuse to pray and has been very sad and agitated whenever we see a baby or talk about someone else having a baby. Last night it was so wonderful to hear his sweet, faithful prayer to ask his Heavenly Father to help him with his two greatest problems: a baby and bad spider dreams. This morning when he woke up at his regular time with a smile on his face, he informed me that he slept good. Heavenly Father had answered his prayer.

It was such a blessing to me to see my son get an answer to his sweet prayer. It has been discouraging to all of us that a baby has not come to our family but a night without out bad dreams was a testimony that Heavenly Father still does love and answer our prayers. We just don't always know when or how, that's the hard part. How grateful I am that Caleb got to receive an instant answer to his prayers so that his testimony of the power of prayer could be strengthened.

This weekend during General Conference we were again reminded of how much our Heavenly Father loves us and wants the best for each of us. Elder Packer's wonderful talk about prayer and the story of the sick cow was again another testimony of the power of prayer. You just never know when the Lord may save your cow because of a simple prayer from a dear little one.