Yesterday my Proverbs 31 devotion arrived in my email. (I signed up to receive these emails about a week ago. I’m a person who has always struggled with the idea of consistent devotions, and in the past week, I’m proud to say I haven’t missed reading a single devotional. It’s something about the convenience of having it waiting in my inbox first thing in the morning.)
Little did I know how close yesterday’s devotional would hit home. The title was “When God Says No, Keep Asking.” For some reason that title struck me as a little odd. Maybe it was because somewhere along the line I was taught that once God answers, accept the answer and move on.
Sharon, the devotional writer, used two examples that really opened my eyes to the truth behind the title. Her first example was the Canaanite woman from Matthew 15:22-28. The woman’s daughter was possessed with demons and the woman went to
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