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Today = Luke 11:1-28 + Genesis 19 + Psalm 12

The passage in Luke is uber-famous, but it is good, especially when I look at it a second time:

"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you fathers, if you son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Luke 11:9-13)

I love that. It challenges me still some. I feel like it is so easy to accuse God of 'giving me a bad gift' and doing something unwise or harmful. But really, we are just humans and sinful and evil, and we know how to give good gifts. God is, well, God! How much more will he give us! How much better are our gifts from him?! God does answer our prayers and our inquiries,  but sometimes I think I'm too stupid to realize that I'm asking for a scorpion or a snake, when God would much rather give me something good, something worthwhile, and something of worth. How twisted our perception of gifts is. I think I really need to work on that this week, realizing that God's gifts truly are good, and I will receive if I ask.