If we pray for rain, we should carry umbrellas. If we pray for patience, we should expect to find our patience tried and tested. If we pray to be more like Christ, we should expect to encounter the dark, even demonic aspects of human nature. If we want to reach the "full stature" of the humanity displayed to us in Christ, we might as well get ready to welcome, each in turn, all the immaturities that first seem to be obstacles to grace.
— Robert Corin Morris, Wrestling With Grace