Fifteen years later, the young man is still paralyzed. “Where was the answered prayer that I longed to share with my friends?” writes the mother. “Where was my Father in heaven who sees the sparrow that falls and loves my son even more than I?” The father minces no words. “What is the value of prayer?” he asks.
the implication is that because I didn’t get what I want, God must not care; even if the thing I want would be good, and God knows that, nevertheless he has chosen not to give the good thing. while he isn’t afraid of the challenge from these grieving parents, there is danger in focusing on getting the good thing to the detriment of accepting that the bitter cup may not, will not pass.
