When I was little my grandmother made me say this prayer at night before going to sleep "..and if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." This prayer scared me because I was afraid I would die in my sleep, and also that God couldn't stop it--so I was afraid to fall asleep and would lie awake in the darkness for hours tryng not to fall asleep.
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to have to say the Lord's prayer everyday, but I would wonder where my daily bread was.— caledonia
- When I was learning the Lord's Prayer, I used to say, "Our Father, who does art in heaven...."— Karen
- When I was a child i used to believe that if i did not fall asleep an elf would come for me Anon
I used to believe that the Lord's Prayer instructed us to lead a snot into temptation. — Susan- I used to think that when my arm would fall asleep that it was raining inside my armAnon