From Forward Day By Day
Luke 11:11 (NRSV) Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?
When he was tiny and just learning to speak, my son would ask, “Bite somethin’?” when he was hungry. “Bite somethin’?” was always delivered wistfully, with the most plaintive of looks. It was not always delivered clearly, so I had to work a little to understand just exactly what he wanted, but again, as imperfect as my parenting was, and as imperfect as his speech, I fed my son good things. I did not punish him for asking, or for presuming, or for being hungry. I adored him; even his halting attempts at communicating his needs delighted me.
It always bothers me when God is blamed for disease, war, and natural disaster. We have been redeemed from the curse of the law, and we operate under the covenant of redemption. We aren’t separated from God by a veil. God is our provider, and when we ask for our daily bread—no matter how halting our attempts are at communicating with our Creator—God will not repay us with hurt.
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