Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, everyone knows that You answer prayers, but few realize that You are apt to give one of three answers. We all expect Your answer to be a resounding “Yes!” — and preferable answered yesterday. We take You for granted, merrily going on with our lives, thinking things will forever go our way.

We sometimes chose not to hear Your “No.” Then we sulk and pout instead of searching out where we asked awry. We fail to discover Your perfect will for us.

When Your answer is “Wait,” we’re like that crawling baby headed straight for a peck of trouble. But along comes Uncle Dusty who sticks o...