Having tried for years to conceive Richard and Susan were elated when Susan became pregnant Her health problems however posed a risk to the baby and so Richard lay awake each night praying for his wife and child One night Richard sensed he didn rsquo t need to pray so hard that God had promised to take care of things But a week later Susan miscarried Richard was devastated He wondered Had they lost the baby because he hadn rsquo t prayed hard enough On first reading we might think today rsquo s parable suggests so In the story a [... more]