Can we ask God to send rain to nourish a nation's wheat fields and our own potato patch, but request Him kindly to hold it up until after the school play on Thursday evening or the Christian Science lecture on Saturday morning?
To one who depends for his health upon his ability to bring his thinking into line with the truth of God and man, the difference between caffeine and alcohol is, in a way, similar to the difference between boxing with gloves and dueling with pistols.
To be lost in a maze of difficulties but at least to know there's an exit can be tremendously steadying—even when the right moves have not yet become clear.
