For nearly five years, I had prayed for this one thing to happen—well, I also prayed to be delivered from sin until a few of my sins got too good to give up—and each prayer required a little more desperation and earnestness, new words since the old ones had not worked, larger mustard seeds since the mountains had not moved. And over time, each prayer brought with it more resentment and formed a callus on the heart to match the knees. And daily prayer turned into weekly prayer then annual prayer at someone else’s request, then no prayer at all because even dogs and babies know when to stop
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