An Answer To The Prayer Of A Princess

This past Wednesday night was the season finale of the show “America’s Got Talent.” While many of you know that my favorite contestant, four-year old Kaitlyn Maher, (who I’ve dubbed AGT’s Little Princess) was not part of the final competition she was part of the final show.

Although I knew that my favorite little girl singer was from a Christian family because of the mentions about Kaitlyn’s singing in her church and a scripture reference displayed near her picture on her “My Space” page. Her "My Space" blog entry copied below confirmed it. It also reaffirmed for me the fact that God answers our prayers in ways far beyond what we could ever dream about.

What a gracious and wonderful God He is to all of us. His Love is so encompassing that He even takes the time to listen to the prayers and desires of a 4 year old. This post just goes to show you that there really is something to having “the faith of a child.”

I’m thrilled that I had the opportunity to see and hear Kaitlyn sing one more time on the AGT finale. I am also thrilled that she knows, loves, believes in, and prays to the creator of the universe.

The following article was written by her father and posted on Kaitlyn’s “My Space” page on Thursday October 3. Read this blog post and see if Kaitlyn Maher doesn’t touch your heart one last time.

Kaitlyn got to see the "sparkles come down" !
It was April of this year and we were driving up to New York getting ready for Kaitlyn's first audition. "America's Got Talent" had contacted us and asked us if Kaitlyn would come audition for their show. We thought, "Ok, this will be fun. Kaitlyn will get a chance to sing before some folks who will provide her some great input and then we'll be on our way and get some dinner with family in NYC." It was on this drive that Kaitlyn piped up from the back seat about what she was hoping to experience out of this process. She obviously had much bigger dreams -- you gotta love the blue sky imagination of a 4 year old.

You see, Kaitlyn's whole goal when she started "America's Got Talent" was simple. From the back seat she told me, "Daddy, I just want to see the sparkles come down at the end", meaning, she wanted to see the confetti drop at the finale. And so, she did what she knows to do about something that's important in one's life -- she prayed to God. Yes, my 4 year old daughter said a simple prayer to God asking that He please let her see the sparkles come down.

That was back in April of this year. Last night, the first of October, now six months and many performances later, she stood on the stage at the finale and did indeed get to watch the "sparkles" rain down on her. This may not be a big deal to some, but to her, this was her goal accomplished... her prayer answered. I mean, think about the odds of a 4 year old girl participating in a national talent contest with contestants of all ages and all talents and making it onto the finale. I know statistically that is beyond any odds you'd ever think remotely possible -- except for the simple faith of a child.

I want to encourage you that when you have a need in your life that is bigger than you on your own should be able to accomplish, remember the faith of 4 year old child who knew that God is not too big to care about something so small. Take your need to Him in prayer and He will meet you there. He promises that He has an awesome hope and future for you with plans to prosper you and not to harm you and that when you seek His face, you WILL find Him. The key, though, is that you must seek Him with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:11-13).

If He cared enough to let Kaitlyn see her sparkles come down, don't you think He cares for you?