"We probably don’t have to focus too hard to imagine what they felt because many of us have probably been there. On our knees, tears pouring from our eyes, as we beg and plead to the only one who can fix it, to fix it. Prayer can feel like we are making requests to our personal genie and we need to phrase our question in the right way to get the answer we desire. At the end of the day, that’s how our flesh is wired. We want what we want and it’s often not for purely selfish reasons, but we want to feel better, pay our bills, and have the people we love around us forever. Spiritual maturity means recognizing that there is something more to our prayers than the request we are making."