Prayers Nonetheless

So Abby has developed the bad habit of saying "Oh my God." I know. In the scheme of things, not an awful thing. When a child says God in a prayer or a hymn, it's precious. When it's said because Ariel lost her crown or the Beast can't find his boots, it's precocious.

She wanted to take a banana muffin in the car this morning and of course, oh my God, she dropped it. I reminded her that we don't say "Oh my God" because God doesn't like it when we use His name that way. We should only say God in prayer or song.

"But I do say God in prayers?" she argued.

"Really? Do you talk to God in your prayers?"

"Yes. I say, 'God, give me a Barbie.'"