Careful what you ask...

Angels

who answer your prayers...

I worked with a wonderful woman who had the unique ability to get involved in complicated situations. I would walk out of her office, hands in the air, looking up, saying, half-jokingly, "Lord, grant me patience in working with Celestine."

One day Celestine stopped me, "You shouldn't pray for that." Exasperated, I asked why not. "Because," she answered wisely, "God will keep giving you trials to see if you have the patience you asked for. I mean, you do keep asking for patience, don't you?"

Stunned, I thought it over. "You are absolutely right! The Lord thinks I must not have the patience I think I need - so he is waiting for me to...." I walked out her door, looked up and smiled, saying "Lord, thank you for my patience. I have all I need."

In a month, Celestine had a new job and we were both delighted. The Lord allowed her to move on, I didn't need any more testing of my patience.