A parable — Suffering illness

A man prayed three times for the thorn to be removed. Each time the answer was no. The fourth time he did not ask, and learned: the thorn was the door through which grace had come. The strength had been the weakness all along. Ask yourself: What thorn are you asking to be removed that is actually carrying the grace? GOD — wait. My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor 12:9). (A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)