Sometimes God's word for the day jumps out at me, sparkles and shimmers and overflows with richness and image and truth and insight and energy.Other times, like today, it just sits there in my mind and heart and lies down.
Not because of anything to do with the Word, but because of me-- where I'm at, what I'm wrestling with, how I feel or what is on my mind.
This portion of today's reading is what I'm pondering: "If you, then, ... know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?"
I think I know what God "should" give me. This is so often how I pray.
Today I will try to thank God the Father for what I (and we) have already received from Him and ask for the good things that He wants to give me (and us).
2 comments:
I'm still stuck on the "spiritual pica" from the other day -- where we ask specifically for things that would really be harmful.
Or, more benign, we're like children, asking for candy right before dinner.
I've been wishing I could do more, get more done. But my limitations are becoming more and more apparent to me.
Perhaps I need to just ask what's for dinner instead of whining about what I want.
But that "Ask" thing means "Keep on asking" - and there's the whole thing about the persistent widow. Maybe God likes to have his children whine to him better than having them not talk to him at all...
God's love is so far beyond anything I can imagine.
So your point is one worth pondering-- "maybe God likes to have his children whine to him better than having them not talk to him at all."
I guess as a parent that is true for me. In fact, when I think about it-- I want my children to "whine" to me because it is when they are hurting that I want them to know I love them. That is, I want them to come to me if they are in need. Even if I cannot give them what they want at least by listening and hearing I can let them know I love them.
Thanks, Kris.
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