Thus Far

  I’ve been praying for something for a long time. Original Photo by  Aaron Burden  on  Unsplash Well, I’ve been praying for a lot of things actually. A lot of the same prayers cycled and recycled depending on urgency for the past several years. At first, it was a simple “Lord, I ask that You would make a way for x to happen, so that I would be able to do y . Thank You so much, Amen. 😊 ” And I’d go about my day, believing things would start to happen. But the more I prayed, the farther away my requests became. It went from praying for a natural path to these things to daily begging God for a miracle—because no way could I  see any of this working out without one. I felt like I’d put in an application at the Office of Miracles, complete with my resume, measure of faith, time spent in prayer, good works performed, etc. To be frank, I felt like I qualified for a miracle. I stood kinda twiddling my thumbs as the Angel at the desk put on his spectacles and glanced over my paperwork (