Should I discuss Daniel's peace of knowing that his soul was in God's hands? Yes, I think I will, but something else came to mind as I read over the passage. What got him into the lion's den in the first place? He refused to stop praying three times a day as he always had! It amazes me that this man was so faithful and consistent -- with and without the possibility of persecution. He wouldn't budge. Yet I look at my comparitively feeble prayer life, and I am ashamed.
If I even saw a glimse of the LORD the way Moses did, I would never take prayer for granted again, yet I know Him and the reality of the power of prayer, so I have no excuse!
That settles it! For the craft, I am going to have the kids make a praying hands door hanger to remind them, as they enter their rooms, that they always have an awesome opportunity to pray to the Most High God! And yes, I will be making one to hang on my door as well!
Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously. Daniel 6:10
