Summary: By Richard Hunt “Is God still awake?” That’s a question little Sheila Walsh asked her mother while growing up in Scotland. “I’d gone on up to bed, but I wanted to talk to God about something … I didn’t know what hours God kept.” And mother assured her that “God is open 24/7.” Sheila has crafted a book for children, featuring an adorable little girl named Poppy. “I want little ones to know that they can talk to God at any point in their life,” and talk about all the stuff that happens. “I want kids to learn at a really early age that there’s nothing that’s off-limits with God, that if they’re angry, if they’re sad, if they’re confused, that they can talk to God and he is always listening.” But in our podcast, Sheila goes deeper and shares her own experiences with mental health: “I went to being the co-host of The 700 Club one morning…by that evening, I was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital.” There, in a situation she never wanted to experience, she locked-on to a Psalm, written by King David, that gave her assurance and hope for a future.
