Readings: EST C:12, 14-16, 23-25; PS 138:1-2AB, 2CDE-3, 7C-8; MT 7:7-12
A few days after a surgery, the pain was unbearable intense. I couldn’t find a way to to sit, lay or stand that was not painful. I wanted to scream out in pain, but couldn’t because it was late at night and I would have woken everyone in the house up. After suffering with it for what seemed hours, I finally could do nothing but say “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me.” Almost instantly, the intensity of the pain, went down. I kept repeating it with every surge of pain. As the surges of pain gradually got further and further apart, I started praying an Our Father. It wasn’t long, and the pain was so reduced, it was now bearable that I finally could find a comfortable way to sit. If only I would have asked sooner.
In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus says “Ask and it will be given to you.” Why did it take me so long to ask? I don’t know. But I do know at times, we ask for things, and the answer isn’t what we want. We have to have enough faith in God to accept the answer He provides, is what is best for us. It is what we need, even if it isn’t what we asked for from Him.
Talk some time to reflect on your life. When did God answer your request the way you wanted? When did He not answer you the way you wanted? If you take the time to reflect on those situations, you will probably discover, you received the response you needed, regardless of what you requested.
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