Be careful what you pray for
March 01st, 2024 by G.
I made two unusual decisions about prayer.
The first was several years ago when I decided to pray for ridiculous amounts of blessings. Absurd excess. But I soon realized that I would not be able to handle such a bounty of blessings. A flawed character does not benefit from a wider scope in which to express the flaws. So then I started praying for much better character and then a fire hose of blessing.
Today I realized that this was not the order of heaven. You don’t become fit for a trial before you have experienced it indeed, probably cannot, it is impossible. This morning I prayed for vast unmerited Good Fortune and the grace of Christ to bear it when it came here
John Mansfield
March 1, 2024
Like the song says,
“It’s too much to expect,
but it’s not too much to ask.”
Eric
March 1, 2024
A long time ago I was at a stake conference where a recently returned missionary was speaking. He told of a time when he had a week full of unusual adversity: people mocking them, canceled appointments, bad weather, transportation challenges, the works. As the week ended he commented on it to his companion.
The companion replied that he had been praying that week for more humility. And he felt like he had gotten some.
The first missionary asked him to never pray for that again, at least around him.