what to pray

A week or so ago Rob was having a bad day. Nothing major, just life in general was getting to him like it gets to all of us from time to time (except Benny Hinn and that crowd, of course).

I came over and massaged his shoulders a bit and in my head started to pray, "God, please help Rob," but then something intruded in and I thought I should pray differently. It was, "God, please help me to help Rob."

It's great to want someone healed, restored, refreshened, and at peace, but sometimes there is a selfish element to my prayers, a kind of "God fix this person so I don't have to deal with their crap anymore." When my husband's upset, when my kids are wrangy, when my Mom's undone, when my friend's at wit's end - can I allow God to change me so that I can be the answer to prayer?