Thank you Pastor Richard Mansfield of New Beginnings Church in Albuquerque for sending this picture to us! Henri Nouwen said this about prayer…….A man with hope does not get tangled up with concerns for how his wishes will be fulfilled… His prayer might still contain just as many desires, but ultimately it is not a question of having a wish come true but of expressing an unlimited faith in the giver of all good things… For the prayer of hope, it is essential that there are no guarantees asked, no conditions posed, and no proofs demanded, only that you expect everything from the other without binding him in any way. Hope is based on the premise that the other gives only what is good. Hope includes an openness by which you wait for the other to make his loving promise come true, even though you never know when, where, or how this might happen.
