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“William Temple said, ‘People often say that answers to prayer are coincidence, but I’ve noticed that when I pray, coincidences happen, and when I stop praying, the coincidences stop happening.’ And that has been the experience of many Christian people. It isn’t like a machine where you can just put a coin in the slot and expect God automatically to answer it. That would make God our servant. Prayer is rather an attempt in the power of the Spirit to put ourselves as vehicles of the love of God at his service, only then to discover that God works through us, through our prayer, transforming us, but transforming also the world and the situations for which we pray.”
-N. T. Wright-
The founding/retired minister from Newark spoke Sunday…he was speaking on “Jesus in Revelation” which was a very interesting series. anyway, he ended his lesson with a poem that a woman gave to him at the senior center. I thought I would share it:
“I Asked God”
I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, “No”.
“It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.”
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said “No”.
“His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary”
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, “No”.
“Patience is a byproduct of tribulations: It isn’t granted, it is learned”
I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, “No”.
“I give you blessings: Happiness is up to you.”
I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, “No”.
“Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
And brings you closer to me.”
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, “No”.
“You must grow on your own. But I will prune you to make you faithful”
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, “No”.
“I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things”.
I asked God to help me LOVE others,,
as much as He loves me.
God said…”Ahhh, finally you have the idea.”
