Inspired inspiration

What follows is a quote from an email sent by a friend whose wife recently underwent brain surgery to remove a venal cavernoma which had manifested itself with severe and debilitating symptoms. The surgery was deemed successful and she is in recovery. I found his email to be something worth keeping and sharing...

"Jesus taught us in the Lord's Prayer that we are to pray that the Lord's will be done in all things. But he also teaches in the parable of the widow and the judge that ceaseless prayer can change outcomes. I believe that God controlled everything down to every cut, every drop of blood, every hair shaved in that tiny area required for the surgery ('not a single hair will fall from your head apart from the will of God'). So why pray??? Well, we are told by Jesus to do so as it is a direct channel we have been given for close, intimate relationship with God. We are also told that outcomes will change when prayed for in faith. But the biggest thing I see is that WE are changed in the process. We are forced to reckon with the truth that we can not ultimately control the outcomes of our lives. There's no earthly reason we can point to why you or I are not the one who had the cavernoma in their head. Nor can we say with any assurance that next year it won't be one of us lying in the next hospital room with a terminal prognosis (like many of the people whose loved ones we sat next to in the waiting room). It's a sad predicament... If the world is run by random events than all we can do is say 'sorry' to those facing the cruel, coldness of chance and hope by the numbers it doesn't happen to us our our loved ones. Ahhhh, but we have our hope in God! Any glimmer of intent or purpose in the circumstances tips His hand to show a glimpse of His workings..."