Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other? – God, Evan Almighty.
I don’t normally base an entire post on one line from a movie but it’s also rare for a line to stick with me and pester me as much as this line has. Today I’m finding I need to read this and ponder and USE this a lot. It’s hard to watch your spouse hurting and frustrated and powerless and scared when they can’t fix someone they love, someone I love too for that matter, who is not well. But this, this oddly powerful quote from a very unlikely place is keeping me sane.
I think this quote is strangely powerful. I think it is right on the money. And I can certainly see how you are thinking about it. I hope your loved one gets better. I’ll be praying.
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Wow — who would expect a quote like that from a comedy? I have actually been thinking a lot about things along the same lines. You heard about our power outage around here…today I was talking to a cashier while I was shopping, and we discussed the GOOD (believe it or not) that came out of that long outage. Families hung out together — her teenage boys talked and played games with her for hours — we all had a slumber party at my sister’s house. Such a lousy event actually gave people a chance to spend some good time together. Strange — the conversation today is so similar to that quote!
And one last thing — “whatchu want for Christmas, mami?”
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It is definitely something to ponder on. Even if it came from an unlikely source.
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Those writers have talent for more than comedy. Thoughtful and profound.
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Brilliant quote, hun. Thanks for sharing it. ~hugs~
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I love that quote. It really makes you think…
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That’s one of my fav movies, despite the cornball comedy – there are some really great lines in there to ponder.
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I love this. Love it. And really needed to read it today. I haven’t been feeling very enlightened lately when it comes to family matters. Bitterness has dragged me down, and i see that I have moved myself away from closeness while ranting that I want it. Hmmm. I jhave a headache from too much deep thinking.
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i love this quote.
my father in law is a pastor and always jokes never to pray for patience. =)
merry christmas, jen!
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that quote is a favorite of mine, too. i hope all works out well in the end…hang in there in the meantime.
happy christmas, sweetie. you’re one of my favoritest people.
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