I have often thought about the unanswered prayers that I God has blessed me with.....yes blessed me with unanswered prayers. There have been times that I just knew that God had opened a door for me....it was so obvious to me. I prayed about the decision.....because that was what I was supposed to do....ask God for guidance.....only to find that the door slammed in my face!! Really God.....that door had my name on it. Then two months.....a year....maybe even 5 years down the road...I would look back and see that my prayer really had been answered.....by God not answering it!!! What I wanted to happen was not what God had in His plan for me.
Often we don't understand why God closes some door and opens others. We pray and pray asking for what we honestly believe to be the very thing that God is calling us to only to find out God had a completely different road for us to travel down. As I look back on some of the hardest trials and heartaches that God has brought me though.....they have been some of the greatest blessings in my life! Losing my parents....I thought that was probably the hardest thing I would ever have to endure. I often asked God "Why? Why my mom and dad and why now.....when they were so young?" I still needed them.....my kids were young and they needed their Granny and Papa!!!! As hard as that was to lose them at that time in my life.....I grew in faith more that I thought would be possible......I had to lean on God and not on my own understanding!! He carried me when I couldn't walk. When my marriage ended about 27 years I was devastated, heartbroken, lost and it almost destroyed me! Once again I asked God the why questions....."Why me....why now after all the years of loving him.....what am I going to do....how will I make it on my own?" So many questions. I prayed daily that God would restore my marriage bring my ex-husband back to me....didn't happen....unanswered prayers. Or so I thought!
I look back and realize that God was working the whole time in my life during the hardest of times. He was indeed answering my prayers. Sometimes it took a long time to see or feel the answers but God was working on me and with me to bring me to where I am today. I may not have been able to see Him working and sometimes I couldn't even feel Him working.....but He never stopped blessing me....loving me and working on my "unanswered prayers".
Because of some of the unanswered prayers in my life I have been given the greatest blessings and my life is overflowing with love and joy. I may not always understand the will of God or the paths that He leads me down or the doors He opens for me BUT what I do know is that God is in control and that He knows the master plan and He knows now what I will need in 1 year.....3 years....10 years from now. All of His answered prayers and unanswered prayers are Him working on me....molding me and nudging me to be all that He wants and needs me to be!! I love Him for loving me enough NOT to answer all of my prayers and to bless me with some "No" answers and closed doors!! I now understand when my prayers are not answered - it's for a reason only God knows!!
God is good!!
Garth Brooks......I know I'm dating myself now....he sang a song entitled Unanswered Prayers. Here are just a few lines:
Sometimes I thank God, for unanswered prayers
Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn’t answer doesn’t mean he don’t care
Some of God’s greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers.
Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn’t answer doesn’t mean he don’t care
Some of God’s greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers.
Some of God’s greatest gifts…are unanswered,
Some of God’s greatest gifts…are all too often unanswered...
Some of God’s greatest gifts…are unanswered prayer
Some of God’s greatest gifts…are all too often unanswered...
Some of God’s greatest gifts…are unanswered prayer
From my corner of the world......thanking God for unanswered prayers!!
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