How to Pray?

What Zachary has taught me so far.......

Boys and girls are so different!
Going fast in a car and going over bumps is FUN!
Boys like mud puddles!
Hannah is so cute and strict!
Fathers are hard on sons (even foster sons)!
Although boy clothes can be cute, girls clothes are so much better!
Vegetables really are not good!
Always follow through on your word!
Always call people back!
God is amazing!
God is in control!
God's plan is good!
I need to study the word more! I need to be grounded and planted to be his mommy!
The devil can use a three year old child to ruin a marriage/family, if you are not planted in the word and surrounded by people who are praying!
God will provide all your needs (thanks Maggie)!
Foster parenting is HARD! You want to pray for his parents to get better, but do you (because that means you lose them)????????????

The last statement hits me hard. I recently had contact with his mom who appears to be so lost and sad! I want her to get better! I want her to know God! But Ive come to love her son A Lot! I want to keep him. I want to see what God has planned for him, but not at her cost! Wish I could have both.....but I can't.....so what do I do? Do I ask God to help her after he's mine? Do I ask Him to ignore her? Do I ask Him to help her get her boy back? That's my problem........

I must remember that it is only through the grace of God that I am who I am and I could have been EASILY on drugs and messed up if it wasn't for special people God placed in my life, just at the right time. I thank Him and I love Him for that and them! I am still a work in progress, but I am so glad that I am not who I used to be!

I can pray for God's will, but I'm still not sure what that means.....do I pray for her? Do I pray for her salvation? Do I jump for joy knowing she "failed" her drug test? I have that yucky feeling in my belly and that is what I'm going to pray about........that I can be that mature in Christ that I can really pray for that without that yucky feeling......Does that make sense?

Until then I am going to enjoy my little man and my sweet family! Pray for his salvation and tuck him into bed at night knowing that I am doing the work of the Father! And that he is using this little boy to teach me so much about life.