“Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children.” Lamentations 2:19

As the family of a coach who is “on the move,” we will be leaving precious friends and making new ones. One way to remind me to pray for these friends is to trace their hand on paper. I can now place my hand on their handprint when I pray.

How many times have you cleaned little handprints off of windows and walls? So many times since my “little hands” grew up, and are still growing, I have wished they were small again.

A while back, we began making cement stepping stones each year. As the children grow, go to college, get married and join the Army, I have found these “stepping stones” to be a way of praying for them.

Ingredients:

Plastic planter trays

Cement mix

Child’s hand

Mix cement to a thick consistency. Pour mixture into planter tray. Press child’s hand into cement. With an old pencil or stick, write child’s name and year around handprint. Let set two or three days, allowing cement to dry.

Margie is the wife of Ken Price, head boys’ basketball coach, Montgomery Co. High School, Mt. Vernon, Ga.