When I sacrifice in this way, I’m not just to pray whatever comes to my mind, I am to be alert in my mind—attuned to Jody, attuned to his joys, attuned to his sorrows, attuned to his frustrations. I am to be alert to how I can help him, to how I can encourage him. Being alert is the opposite of being uninterested or passive. God is asking me to be keyed in to where Jody is physically,
