Pray Always....

Recently new meaning has come to me with the phrase "Pray Always. " For Family Home Evenings for the past month or two we have been trying to teach our little guy how to pray. (We pray over our food and begin and end each day as a family in prayer- so it's not like there aren't enough opportunities:)) Well he is getting a lot of it, especially the folding his arms part and he says "puh" for prayer. Lately however he will randomly and VERY often get my attention and with his little arms folded will say "puh." Now keep in mind this has happened SEVERAL times in Target, Walmart, Publix, while we are eating, when we are playing with a toy, when we are at the park, when we get in and out of the car, and when Bryan and I are having conversations. Sometimes he will get really upset if we don't stop and say a small prayer:) It is extremely cute, but it has also got me thinking about how when Jesus Christ was on the earth and he put such great importance on children (see here) and he told the people to "behold your little ones" when he had gathered the children around Him to bless them. And I am starting to realize that I could improve on praying always. I can pray more often to myself ( or in my head) when I see a car accident on the road, or when people are kind enough to let me over on the highway, and all those other little, but big tender mercies that makes my day run somewhat smoothly. I am grateful for a child who continues to teach and remind me how I can improve and what he has to teach me. 
I read a really good speech by Sister Jean A. Stephens on this subject, see here. And I really like a quote that she quotes by Elder M. Russell Ballard in regards to when Christ said to "behold your little ones." Elder Ballard said “Notice that He didn’t say ‘glance at them’ or ‘casually observe them’ or ‘occasionally take a look in their general direction.’ He said to behold them. To me that means that we should embrace them with our eyes and with our hearts; we should see and appreciate them for who they really are: spirit children of our Heavenly Father, with divine attributes."
I am truly grateful for a child who is now my constant reminder to "pray always."