Bridging the Gap
I recently found a child's prayer journal I wrote in growing up. It had prompts such as, "God, thank you for ______," "God, I'm so sorry for ______," and "God, I ask you for_____." On the other side, the page said, "This is what I believe God is saying to me in response" and a blank page to write it down. One of the entries struck me. One page from when I was about 8 years old had a list of things I was asking God for. It might've been things such as, "Please help so-and-so to get better from their sickness, for me to do well in school, for me to treat people more kindly..." It was a longer list of things than I normally asked God for in other entries. And on the other side, where it said to write what you believed God was saying in response, I'd written, "You're being greedy" and a whole reprimand about how I was asking for too many things. I remember writing it - I'd heard the question not necessaril...