Blind Chainsaw Juggler

Something for your heart: 'What do you want me to do for you?' Jesus asked him. The blind man said, 'Rabbi, I want to see.' (Mark 10:51)
"What do you want me to do for you?"

"I want you to send someone to teach me to juggle chainsaws."

"Why?"

"Because people would pay a lot of money to see a blind guy juggle chainsaws. After I earned enough from my act, I could pay for a trip to go see this doctor I heard about who specializes in my condition. He does this progressive treatment, and I might get my vision in a few years."

When he got his chance, Bartimaeus didn't ask Jesus to help him with the first step in a complicated plan to get what he wanted. He simply asked for what He wanted and let Jesus worry about the plan. Simple prayers are evidence of big faith in God. Complicated prayers can be evidence of faith in my ability to make good plans.
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Too often I want to pray complicated prayers. Too often I want to trust my own plans over the plans of God. I sit and I rationalize this over and over. However, as I sit at my desk today I realize just how dumb this is. I want to trust my plans? Mine over the creator of the universe? Over the one who holds the world in my hands? How can I possibly be arrogant enough to think that my plans could possibly ever be better than the plans that he has for me? My God is so big, and I am so small. He has taken care of me thus far. And He will continue to do so.
"I do believe; help my unbelief" ~Mark 9:24