It’s been several years since I read Olive Ann Burns' novel “Cold Sassy Tree.” It’s filled with interesting thought. In that book at one point Will raises the question of why Jesus said that we could ask God for anything we want and get it. Grandpa Blakeslee responds, "Maybe Jesus was talkin' in His sleep, son, or folks heard Him wrong." But then he goes on to add: "All I know is thet folks pray for food and still go hungry, and Adam and Eve ain't in thet garden a-theirs no more, and yore granny ain't in hers, and I ain't got no son a-my own to carry on the name and hep me run the store when I'm old. Like you say, you don't git thangs jest by astin'. Well, I'm a-go'n study on this some more. Jesus must a meant something else, not what it sounds like."
We’re talking about that this morning and in the coming month. Not everything happens just like I pray for it. Another metaphor was raised by a monk who said that when we pray it was like having a date with God. Well, there are dates and there are dates. In your old days, some of your dates were a lot of fun, and some you never quite figured out. If prayer is like a date, then I’m like Grandpa Blakeslee. Sometimes I just don’t understand it. Maybe you’re the same way. Perhaps we all would like to “study on this some more.” No better time than now. Sign up.
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