Opening our Doors

Note:  It seems that only a half a slice of yesterday's daily bread was posted.   I'll see if we can post the whole thing today along with this one.

Today's Gospel (Lk 11:5-13) relates the story of the person who asks his friend to open his door to lend him a few loaves of bread to feed some visitors who arrived unexpectedly, but the friend refuses, protesting that the doors is locked and he is already in bed..  Jesus says that even if he does not get up out of friendship, he eventually will if the knocking continues.  Persistence will prevail.  Jesus continues with the familiar verse, "Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Lk  11:  ). Thus we are urged to pray with such persistence, being assured that our request will be granted at some point.
Such is our dealing with our Heavenly Father, but what about those who come to US with needed favors?  We don't usually refuse our friends, but what about the others, those we don't know, but who come to us through phone or mail solicitations?   They are legion, and we can't open our doors to all, but we can find ways of getting help to them through others, if not through ourselves.  It might cost us, but it always seems to come back to us in some way.  If we want God to open the door for us, the least we can do is open the door for others.
Bro. Rene