The Brave Man and the Brave Child

A man went to work one day and found out that his company was firing him. After boxing up his possessions, he walked down to his car, put them in his trunk, then burst into tears. He did not know how to tell his wife. He did not know when he would find another job or how he would support his family, but as he got behind the wheel, he said to himself, "I'm a man. I have to be brave. I can take care of things myself."

That night he and his wife put his son to bed and went to their room. He told her the news, and soon their conversation turned into an argument. They began to yell at one another.

Their son lay in his bed. He could hear his parents yelling. He began to cry. He said, "I'm just a little boy, and I'm scared. God please make things better."

When the father found a new job, he was blessed because his son had asked for God's help on his behalf. Though he thought it was of his own doing.