"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him" (1 John 5:14-15).
I remember when I was little my mom told me that if I prayed hard enough God would give me anything that I wanted. Maybe she wasn't as vague, I'm sure the filter to what I wanted to hear manipulated a rather clearer truth, but to me that's how her sentence translated. So every other night that my mind wasn't cluttered with the lingering thoughts and bitterness of having to go to bed before the sun had set, I would pray the best I could to a God that I thought wanted me to have free things. I would pray the same thing every time. I would ask God to give me a bunch of toys and to put them on my roof. I can't imagine how different my current life would be if that prayer was granted, but I always recollect on little Justin with a smile and think, "atta kid, way to go for the gold".
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