![]() Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope, forgiveness, and all that. But I can say, 'Please, God, comfort me,' and I'll get heart's ease. Right now for instance, I could ast, 'Lord please raise Grandpa from the dead,' but it wouldn't happen. When Jesus said ast and you'll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. He said we could trust that in the nature of things, without astin', we'll get lots of blessin's and happy surprises and maybe a miracle or two. "Grandpa didn't think Jesus meant, by that, that we should ast God for things, or for special favors. Looking at the long rough box, I spoke timid, in a mumbled voice. ![]() Well, but how could I just stop there? Those words were worse than nothing if I didn't tell what they meant to Grandpa. ![]() "'Seek and ye shall find knock, and it shall be opened unto you For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.' We have the same message in the Book of Saint John," I said, sounding for all the world like a preacher." “Ask and it shall be given you,'" I began. ![]()
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