Thank God for Un-answered Prayers!

Thank God for Un-answered Prayers!

Most of the time~if not all of the time~it is only in hindsight that we can say
thank God for ‘un’-answered prayers.
Have we not all really, really, wanted something…or someone in our life?
We convince ourselves that we must have it or should have him/her—
to be happy or fulfilled. So--if our prayers are not answered accordingly~we cry,
and/or we attempt to manipulate the situations to get what we want, and/or we negotiate with God.
I have a personal experience concerning a boyfriend in high school. I believed he was—you know—being my first love-that he was to be my one true love…for life. My mother had always told me, ‘one love for life’~ I do believe she’s right…however, she wasn’t back then—no matter how much I wanted her to be…and I wanted her to be, very badly!
Except my love for him was unrequited.
In hindsight, I wasted years (of loving him) and wasted tears (of wanting him).
As the saying goes, ‘hindsight is 20/20’…or maybe just with the passage of time and maturity…there is clarity of what I truly desired in a future spouse.
However, there are really no prayers that are ‘un’-answered…
So, reminiscent of a chess game~circumstances played out~for me to meet my husband, the man who loves me so well and so completely and fulfills my heart’s desire!
Were my former prayers ‘un’ answered? No. My prayers were just not answered the way I thought I wanted them to be…at that point in my life. However, God knew/knows
the desires of my heart…not just the shallow layers of the flesh but the depth of my heart’s truest wants and needs.
So now, in retrospect of hindsight—I thank God for the answered prayers of my
‘un’ known deepest desires.
Are you praying concerning something…or someone? Do you think if your prayers
are answered according to—how you pray—that you will finally be happy, feel
complete or be fulfilled? Do you even get mad that God doesn’t seem to answer your prayers…your way?!?
I would rarely recommend this about myself—but 'trust me' in this…
you can trust Him.
‘For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ (Jeremiah 29:11—in God’s Word, the Bible)
You will be amazed--at all the times that you also will be able to say,
Thank God for ‘un’answered prayers!

Words of Witz-dom: Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires
of your heart! (Psalms 37:4) He really will!!!