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prayer is “No.” The Apostle Paul prayed

three times that God would remove his

thorn in the flesh, but God’s answer was no,

and Paul had to learn to submit to God’s

sufficient grace to strengthen him to live

with his limitations and his less-than-ideal

circumstances.

It’s especially hard to wait for God’s

intervention when we see evildoers seem to

prosper in their evil deeds. But Psalm 37:1 &

2 tells believers to “Fret not thyself because

of evildoers, neither be thou envious against

the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon

be cut down like the grass, and wither as the

green herb.” One day evil men will no longer

reside on the face of the earth, and God

Himself will again dwell with men (Rev. 21:1-

3) as He did in the Garden of Eden before sin

entered the world. With those promises in

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