What do you do when you feel you need to ask someone for something, but you are afraid it’s not going to go your way? Asking anything can be full of risks. What do you do if your request is mocked, rejected, spurned, or ignored? Do you remember going back and forth between your parents trying to work them independently, and then they discovered your devious scheme? On a far more unsettling level, what’s the risk factor for you when you ask God for something in prayer? Didn’t Jesus urge His disciples to just ask?
