Ask and it shall be given....

Do you remember John Gray's book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus?" I read it when married. Indeed my wife liked it so much that the follow up seemed a dead cert for a Christmas present: "How to get what you want and want what you get". Sadly times were more rocky by then. I bought it for her and she didn't want it! Humble pie for me in Waterstones....

I also love the line from U2 - " I gave her everything she wanted, it wasn't what she wanted"

Did you see the film "What women want"? Mel Gibson plays an overbearing, arrogant a*#%hole who appears to be Mr Perfect, but actually - by some bizarre twist in the plot (I use the term loosely) - can read womens minds?

Which leads me to neatly (!!!!!!) on to:

A thought about prayer from an American confederate soldier:

I asked for strength, that I might achieve

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.

I asked for health, that I might do greater things

I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.

I asked for riches, that I might be happy

I was given poverty, that I might be wise.

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men

I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life

I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing that I asked for – but everything I had hoped for.

• What do you ask for?
• What do you hope for?
• What do you want?
• What do you need?