By Jennifer Lindberg

Those back-to-school days we are juggling in these coming days and weeks need a beautiful prayer of hope. We hope so much for our kids during school days because most of us remember the joy of new crayons, the way new books smelled, and the expectation of seeing old friends and making some new ones.

Taking time to bless our kids is good practice — this is the prayer I use — your benediction may look different. I’ve learned praying over my kids becomes more natural for them and me the more I do it. It doesn’t have to be a big event. Sometimes, I just read this prayer to them and we go to the Scripture verse to see how I adapted it. What counts is that it’s full of hope for them.

The book of Isaiah is full of hope and I love using its verses to make all things new in my life.

Here you go:

pray hope into yoru childs life