Hello Youth Family,

Is it week 5 of the shelter in place order? I pray and hope you’re doing well and staying healthy at this time at home. This morning in our Time with Abba reading, we encounter Jesus sharing about the Parable of the Persistent Widow. In Jesus’ Parable, a story depicting a value of the Kingdom of God, we see that there is an unjust judge and a widow seeking justice against an adversary. The persistent widow finally gets on the judge’s nerve and this judge cast a righteous judgment, not because he was righteous, but he was annoyed. But our Heavenly Father is perfectly just, perfectly good, perfectly loving, how might our Heavenly Father respond to our requests for justice?

This parable isn’t about annoying your parents until you get what you want, or asking God for revenge on someone for personal gain, but Jesus is reminding us of how we ought to pray and not give up. In this time of Shelter in Place, do we bring to God our asks, as imperfect as they are before the perfect Judge, a perfect father?

   What are your asks of God lately?

   When do you tend to give up on praying?

   What outcome do you see when/if this prayer is answered?

Blessings,

Pastor David