I notice that when I pray for peace, I will be given more opportunities to be a peace-maker. When I pray for blessing of healing for my mother’s physical ailments, I have more opportunities to be a comforter to her. When I pray for courage to speak wisely into a difficult conversation, I’m handed additional opportunities to be courageous. (I see remarkably things I cannot explain apart from a divine act, but they always come with opportunities.)
A significant part of growing as a person is the willingness to step into opportunities for leadership, rather than turning aside. Don’t go to the brink of experience and shuffle away.
