There is a story told about a family that goes out for dinner on the son’s sixth birthday,
The six-year-old kid was asked if he wanted to say grace. As the family bowed their heads, the kid said , “God thanks for the food, and I will thank you more if I can have ice cream for after supper, Bless our country, Amen!”

A woman was heard by all at the table to natter to her husband…”that kid doesn’t even know how to pray. telling God he’d thank Him for ICE CREAM, that’s terrible, those people should be ashamed “!

The kid hearing this nice lady nattering, started bawling and wondered if he had done something wrong,
and was God mad at him? The daddy picked up his kid and reassured him that it was just fine, there was absolutely nothing wrong with his prayer, and for sure God was NOT mad at him.

A kind southern gentleman had watched this exchange,and approached the kid to tell him that ” kid, God thought that was a super prayer.” The kid asked really? The kind southern gentleman answered “yes God did.”

Then the kind southern gentleman whispered in a voice just short of a shout ” that it was to darn bad the, nice woman who natters never asks God for ice cream, cause ice cream is good for the soul.”

Of course after all that, the momma ordered ice cream for the little family. The kid looked at his ice cream, picked it up, and with a smile placed it in front of the lady natterer, the kid said “this is just for you cause ice cream is good for the soul , and my soul is already good.”