Very well-said, Tomi. It has been said that faith without works is dead. We need faith - but that doesn't mean that we don't have to do what we can also. And recognizing the answers to our faith can be really tricky. I had heard Dexter's story before too, and it makes an excellent point. We can't beg and choose! When we ask for help, help may be sent in the form of a person we see every day. We ourselves may be the means of providing help in answer to someone else's prayer. Yes, God could send down legions of angels to solve all of our problems for us. He has that capability. But then what would we learn and how would we grow?

<font color=orange>"Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2."</font color=orange>