Today is Friday, November 10th, 2006; Karen's Korner #930

In Patti Davis' book "Angels Don't Die:  My Father's Gift of Faith", she writes of the things she learned from her father Ronald Reagan. Davis, the sometimes strong-willed and sometimes estranged daughter from her mom and dad, writes about the number of things her father taught her by either his words or actions.
 
A couple of quotes from her book"
 
"When I was young, my father would tell me that God never gives us more than we can handle.
At the time it was a frightening thought to me.
I would lie in bed at night and try to convince God I couldn't take very much,
so He should really take it easy on me."
 
The Bible tells us the same thing (any one want to help me with the verse where that is found?), but who among us, like Patti, want to remind God that we, too, are pretty weak? God isn't interested in our weakness because He knows we are all too weak to "take it" in this life. He is interested in His Strength and our dependence on it and in Him.
 
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Davis penned about her father's fear of flying. He didn't enjoy it, but did it anyway.
 
"'Don't you pray that the plane won't crash?' I asked my father,
assuming that would be a logical thing for which to pray.
'No,' he answered. 'I pray that whatever God's will is,
I'll be able to accept it with grace,
and have faith in His wisdom.
We're always in God's hands.
Sometimes it's hard to accept that,
so I pray that He'll help me
just to trust in His will.''"
 
Do we ever pray telling God what the right answer is, as if we are the directors of the play of life? And then are disappointed with His answer? Because, after all ANYONE could see what the best answer is? Ours?? While God wants us to pray and ask Him for many things, it is much harder to accept God's perfect will for our lives when it differs what we think or want.
 
Hang on, God is in control!!

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