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02-01-2008, 04:25 AM
February 01, 2008
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:8
Once I prayed for more patience. The next day my washing machine broke down, leaving me with three dozen dirty diapers. And then, so help me, the dryer quit working five minutes after a monsoon started!
That day I was reminded of something that C.R. Findley once observed: God doesn’t always answer prayer as we expect. Sometimes when we pray for a certain virtue—like patience—God does not necessarily send it to us in a package ready for instant use. He’s much more likely to put us in a situation where, with His help, we are given the opportunity to develop that virtue.
I know I am more patient today than I was before I washed thirty-six diapers by hand in a bathtub and hung them to dry from the chandeliers. As usual, God’s answers are best, even the unexpected ones.
by Sue Monk Kidd
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:8
Once I prayed for more patience. The next day my washing machine broke down, leaving me with three dozen dirty diapers. And then, so help me, the dryer quit working five minutes after a monsoon started!
That day I was reminded of something that C.R. Findley once observed: God doesn’t always answer prayer as we expect. Sometimes when we pray for a certain virtue—like patience—God does not necessarily send it to us in a package ready for instant use. He’s much more likely to put us in a situation where, with His help, we are given the opportunity to develop that virtue.
I know I am more patient today than I was before I washed thirty-six diapers by hand in a bathtub and hung them to dry from the chandeliers. As usual, God’s answers are best, even the unexpected ones.
by Sue Monk Kidd