Asking God for what we want
"May we ask God for anything we want"? Bobby asked.
"We may talk to God about anything we wish to talk to him about Bobby"his Mother told him, "But there are many things which I hope you will never ask him for.
"Why ? why should't I ask him for anything I want?"
"Because some things we want are not good to want."
Just then Mary ran in "I want a big bycycle Mother"
Bobby laughed at her "You couldn't ride a big bycycle, Mary You're a little girl you.d fall off and hurt yourself."
"But I want one. Ben has a big one. It goes fast"
"Yes, it does dear" her Mother agreed "But you will have to wait until you are big like Ben is before you can ride a big bycycle."
Mary looked cross. Her Mother said " I see Susan out on the pavement with her tricycle. Why don't you go and ride your tricycle too."
So Mary smiled again and went out to ride her tricycle.
"Is that what you meant about praying for something that is not good for us ?"Bobby asked. "Like Mary asking for a big tricycle?"
"That is a part of it Bobby.Then his Mother went on. " There is something else we should think of too. Sometimes we pray for what is good for us to have, that God plans we should get by working ourselves."And Bobby remembered about having to water his garden to get flowers
"And sometimes," Mother added"we pray for things that would not be fair for us to have. We ask for more than our share and do not think about what somebody else may need."
" Like wanting icecream when somebody else hasn't had any milk?" Bobby asked "My teacher said we did that:
"Something like that,dear, and sometimes we try to get our own way by asking God to make everything go just the way we want it to go."
"Like asking him always to let us win games?"
"Yes Bobby" His Mother said,"And sometimes we even ask God to hurt somebody else so that we can have what we want."
"That would not be good "Bobby agreed.
"What king of prayers should we make, Mother?How should we pray for what we want?"
And so Bobby's mother helped him make some prayers about the things he wanted.
(will put some of those prayers in the next Message
It may help you with your prayer book
And you could make some of your own to put in your book )
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