"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Luke 11:9-10 I'm amazed at how often I hear, "Why doesn't God answer my prayers?" I mean, in light of the passage above, it would seem that He's waiting in standby mode for us to ask for something so He can give it. A sort of divine vending machine, if you will. Well, one of kids in our youth group asked that question a couple of weeks ago as a potential topic for discussion. As I was thinking about it, I was reminded about an incident that I hadn't thought about for quite some time. Our oldest daughter, Sara, was involved in a pretty nasty accident years ago when she was in her early teens. The accident involved an explosion and she still carries the scars, although they are fading slowly. She was baby sitting at the home of so...