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"Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives;

he who seeks finds;

and to him who knocks,

the door will be opened."

Matthew 7:7-8

I rushed out the door of my apartment headed for school. I waited for the elevator to reach my floor, impatience growing by the second. I got huffy and puffy that the elevator had not yet arrived. I cursed it both in my head and verbally, knowing I would seem insane if anyone walked by, but much too involved in my tantrum to care. I blamed the elevator for my potential tardiness. Then, finally, it occurred to me: I hadn't pressed the button!

How much does this relate to our prayer life? We know what we want, what we need. We think about it. We worry about it. We get bitter, angry and impatient when the answer does not come. But have we asked? Have we pushed the button that will actually lead to the answer?