Years ago we were out to lunch. On the way out the door my brother offered to buy my then 3 yr old daughter something out of the $.25 machines. She wanted a small ninja. The one in the plastic ball was blue, she wanted pink. Of course what little girl doesn't love pink!
A little while later we went to visit Santa. She sits on his lap and says, "I want a pink ninja for Christmas" Santa laughs and so do we. What 3 yr old girls wants a ninja?
My mom has been great about always trying to get what she asks Santa for. The funny thing is they do not make pink ninjas in the $.25 machine. How do we know? Yes lots of ninjas were bought and finally a white ninja was painted pink.
Fast forward years later my almost 8 yr old daughter. The ninja is displayed prominently to remind me to pray for several things.
1. May my little girl find unconditional love. may she see God's love in a real way in her life.
2. May she find a husband that will buy all the ninjas to help her continue in her faith. May he stand with her in the tough times. Just like she sees her dad do for her mom.
3. Finally, may she never be underestimated. Always her sense of whimsy, and knowledge that life is not fair but we serve a God that loves us and cares enough to paint a white ninja pink.
I love her little pink ninja. I so often need to remember that I may look at my life and see all "blue ninjas" but God is not done yet. He knows the desires of my heart. Until my pink ninja comes, I am going to thank God for all the blue ones in my life. I live in abundance. And God loves me!
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