Megan’s Reviews > The Guardian > Status Update

"We put everything into our prayers. What we think about Jesus. What's happening in the world around us. What our dreams are about how life should be. Our sense of hope. Prayer is the ultimate struggle. It can be exquisite joy, and it can also be painful tears..."

"To be passive and throw up your hands and say, 'I don't care, whatever You want, Lord,' is as much a cop-out as pushing for only what you want and not being able or willing to accept something different. To deny him being Lord." She looked across at him moodily. "It hurts to have prayers not answered. The difference is I still believe in the One to whom I pray, whereas you simply stopped praying."