06/16/23 A SWEET MEMORY

06/16/23 A SWEET MEMORY

I had one of these glow in the dark, fold-out "shrine" pictures of Jesus when I was a boy. His eyes opened and closed.

I either got it at Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm or Marineland of the Pacific in the mid 1950's. I would let my lamp shine on it before bedtime and then, after my praying with my Daddy, I would lay in my bed thinking about Jesus. I kept this picture for a very long time and even had it when I went to Bible college.

Though Daddy was not saved, these are the words he taught me as a very young child.
"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the (should have been "Thee") Lord,
My soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the (Thee) Lord my soul to take.

Dear Lord,Take care of Mama and Daddy, Grandmother and Granddaddy, Mommy Gilmour and Daddy Gilmour, all my aunts and uncles, and all my cousins, and all the boys and girls of the world, in Jesus Name..."

As I got older I would add special requests, making this more of a prayer. Daddy would sit on the side of the bed every night while I prayed.