Yes and No

“You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!” -Jesus

‭‭John‬ ‭14:13-14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

http://bible.com/116/jhn.14.13-14.nlt

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Yes and No

By: Joy Ortiz

How to reconcile

"I will give

All you ask"

With

"No"

?

Contradiction. 

My stomach roils. 

Doubt swells. 

How can it be?

Doesn't "all" mean "all"?

An infinite "yes"?

Yet doors close

As I pray, "Open."

People die

As I pray, "Heal."

Lost wander

As I pray, "Save."

Depression drains

As I pray, "Restore."

Isn't "yes," "yes"?

No. 

Sometimes yes tomorrow 

Means no today. 

Sometimes all tomorrow 

Means none today. 

Sometimes life tomorrow 

Means death today. 

Sometimes Spirit ignores brain

And prays,

"His will, not mine,"

Louder than my cry. 

God of "yes,"

God of "all,"

I will lift my prayers,

Accepting "no."

Believing "yes"

Is yet to come. 

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“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” -Jesus

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:7-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

http://bible.com/116/mat.7.7-8.nlt