Monday, April 7, 2014

The Kindness of Answering Prayers

"Your friend is your needs answered."
― Khalil Gibran

Last week, I was rushing to pick up one of my children, and both realizing that I would not make it on time and wondering what my options were.  At that moment, my dear mom friend texted me to say that she was at that daughter's school.  "Do you need me?" she asked via text.  Oh my goodness!  I immediately called her:  "You answered my prayers before I could even say them!"

I have a another good friend who is always there for me.  On one occasion as he once again appeared when he was most needed, I exclaimed, "You are the answer to my prayers!"  We still joke about my characterization.  He says he has been called many things in his life, but never that.

We pray for what we think we most need.  Sometimes, our prayers are pleas for help; sometimes, they are yearnings of the heart.  There is true kindness -- and friendship -- in being the answer to someone's prayers.

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