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"The Alphabet Prayer"

A little shepherd boy was watching his sheep one Sunday morning and he

heard the bells of the church ringing. As he watched the people walk along

the pasture where he was, he happened to think to himself, "I would like

to communicate with God! But, what can I say to God?" He had never learned

a prayer.


So, on bended knee, he began to recite the alphabet. Repeating this prayer

several times, a man passing by, heard the boy's voice and peaked through

the bushes. He saw the young boy kneeling with folded hands, eyes closed,

repeating the alphabet.


He interrupted the boy. "What are you doing, my little one?" he asked.


The boy replied, "I was praying, Sir." 


The man seemed surprised and said, "But why are you reciting the alphabet?"


The boy explained, "I don't know any prayers, sir. But I want God to take

care of me, and to help me care for my sheep. And so I thought, if I said

all I knew, He could put the letters together into words, and God would

know all that I want and should say!"


The man smiled and said, "Bless your heart, God will!" And he went on to

church knowing full well that he had heard the finest sermon he could

possibly hear that day.