Angel Phone Operators

by sssmahh303, posted in Wellness

Mary Ann

When we were children, there were phone operator – a real person – who would help find a telephone number or other information.  They were the good old days.  Boy, do I miss real people.  I bet you do too.  This brings me to a story about being thankful, making this Thanksgiving time of year even more meaningful. 

My mother use to say that God had two angel phone operators.  One angel was the please prayer operator and the other was the thank you prayer operator.  She would say that the please operator was constantly busy. People would ask for things all the time – please, please, please!  The thank you operator was hardly ever busy.  Apparently, people didn’t thank God for his help.  My mother told me that it was my job to keep the thank you operator busy.  I needed to thank God for all my blessings.  I took her at her word.  I always thanked God.  I still do at the end of each day.  

During the Thanksgiving season, we do think more about our blessings and are thankful for them.  If we could just keep those feelings throughout the year, we would all be better off.  There are all kinds of studies that support that gratitude brings peace to our souls. It keeps us both mentally and physically healthy.  

When I said my prayers as a little girl, my mother and brother and I would say three prayers.  Now a Lay Me Down to Sleep which is well-known, but we would say two other prayers that I have never heard anywhere.  I am going to share them because they are sweet, and I hate to think they will be lost when I am gone. Here they are:

Prayer 1

When I kneel down to say my prayers,

Each word goes climbing on the stairs,

On wind and ear to God who listens and rejoices 

 to little children’s thoughts and voices.

Prayer 2

Jesus, I kneel down to pray 

Thank you for another day

With hands to feel and eyes to see

And all my loving gifts to me.

Help me in the way I walk. Teach me the way I talk

Guide and bless me from above

Jesus, it is you I love. 

Do any of you know these prayers? They will both keep the thank you angel operator busy as they both say thank you to God.  Maybe the little angel will help you to remember as well to count your blessings and say thank you!