Prayer Wall

 I am always looking for TANGIBLE ways to teach my children more about the truth of God's Word and walking in faith and NOT by sight (truth is, tangible things help ME to grow and set my mind on the things above, and not on earthly things Colossians 3:1-2).  I have been contemplating making a Prayer Wall for our house for quite some time now and today was THE day to "get 'er done!"  What is a Prayer Wall, you might be wondering?  This is a place where we as a family can collect our prayer requests (could be written thoughts, pictures, etc) to establish what WE as a FAMILY are trusting God for in our lives.  While I have stalked Pinterest for some inspiration (and have a vision to make a cute shabby-chic frame enclosing chicken wire one day...) I decided to just jump in and use what I already had on hand (hello...can we say FREE?!).  For this project, I used a retired Creative Memories Display Frame (it is magnetic, which is handy, and it came with magnets, the ribbon, and matching clips), Post-It notes, and printed out a few images from our computer and backed them with black cardstock.

The title was stamped using CTMH's Framework alphabet using Cocoa ink on white cardstock and backed with Cocoa cardstock.  No frills, nothing fancy, just a VISUAL and TANGIBLE space where we can all collect our prayer requests!  My daughter had the idea of creating a space under it for answered prayers! Great idea, Natalie!  As you might notice, some of our requests are praises, simple requests (love the "don't get eaten by the alligator" request by my daughter...yes, we do have a gator out back in our lagoon), my upcoming 10K for Living Water, our Compassion child Joan, our family, countries we are praying for (India map/flag), and some are written in my oldest daughter's handwriting and others are written by me.  The biggest decision was where to hang it.  If you know me, you know I like clean and simple and NO visual clutter (as a general rule...the fridge is always an exception) so I knew I didn't want this in our everyday space (like our family room...besides, would YOU want every house guest to see what you all are praying for??).  However, I didn't want to tuck it away in some remote corner of the house so that no one would see it (like the laundry room or back hallway).  We finally decided on Mommy and Daddy's bedroom--a space we often all crash in in the late afternoon hours or on snuggly mornings.  We will see how this works and possibly expand it in the future!  Hope this helps to inspire you and yours as you teach your little ones to trust a BIG God for ALL the things in life!