Third Sunday of Lent

I believe the old cliche' "God helps those who help themselves" is not only misleading but often dead wrong. My most spectacular answers to prayers have come when I was so helpless, so out of control as to be able to do nothing at all for myself. -- Catherine Marshall

Do you ever feel like your world is spinning out of control? You want to get off the merry-go-round, and you can't even get off the horse? I know I have. I think I can be in control of my own destiny only to discover that external forces have rendered my "best laid plans" meaningless. Catherine Marshall tells her own story, but it rings true to most all of us. I am not saying we shouldn't try to help ourselves, and I don't think Catherine is either. I just believe that there are times we have to find that quiet room and say, "God I am trying, but I can't pull this one off."

We might just find that God is waiting for that very moment.