EXPECTING THE WORST
Helen Hayes, the actress, tells the following story in her autobiography. It was Thanksgiving day, and she was cooking her first turkey dinner for her family. Before serving it she announced to her husband, Charles MacArthur, and their son James: “Now I know this is the first turkey I’ve ever cooked. If it isn’t any good, I don’t want anybody to say a word. We’ll just get up from the table, without comment, and go out to a restaurant to eat.” Then she returned to the kitchen. When she entered the dining room bearing the turkey, she found her husband and son seated at the table . . . with their hats and coats on. Obviously they didn’t have much faith in her ability to cook a turkey! At times we are like that with regard to God. We have problems, we pray to God for help . . . and then we sit back and expect the worse to happen.…
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