power of a humble prayer

hiya people!

well in my Bible I finalized reading this really great old testament book: TOBIT. it's SUCH a cool book! it talks about God listening to our prayers and angels watching and praying for us. it describes angel Raphael a little more in depth (and he's soooo very cool you have no idea!) ah lovely book!
you know how in Job he starts feeling sorry for himself and questions God as to why he has to endure such pain? in Tobit something interesting happens-- Tobit also endures great pain (he is persecuted and he goes blind) but instead of looking at God and insulting His ways, he prays as follows:

"You are righteous, O Lord, and all your deeds are just; All your ways are mercy and truth; you are the judge of the world.

And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me, and look with favor upon me. Punish me not for my sins, nor for my inadvertent offenses, nor for those of my fathers. "They sinned against you,

and disobeyed your commandments. So you handed us over to plundering, exile, and death, till we were an object lesson, a byword, a reproach in all the nations among whom you scattered us.

"Yes, your judgments are many and true in dealing with me as my sins and those of my fathers deserve. For we have not kept your commandments, nor have we trodden the paths of truth before you.

¹ "So now, deal with me as you please, and command my life breath to be taken from me, that I may go from the face of the earth into dust. It is better for me to die than to live, because I have heard insulting calumnies, and I am overwhelmed with grief. "Lord, command me to be delivered from such anguish; let me go to the everlasting abode; Lord, refuse me not. For it is better for me to die than to endure so much misery in life, and to hear these insults!"

and if you keep going, God hears his humble prayers and sends an angel to fix everything up.

my point?

the power of a humble prayer. Tobit did not do as Job in wanting to be as wise as God(or understand God's ways). Tobit accepted his lack of understanding due to his human nature and accepted the plan God had in store through faith.

may you accept God's plan for you through faith, may you find peace in Him. :)