If you are anything like me, then you have lots of conversations with God. Sometimes you even question if he has forgotten about you. Case in point, the other night I was listening to the song "Can Anybody Hear Me" by Meredith Andrews. The song is about a person who is praying to God, but hearing nothing in return. They haven't given up faith, but they need something to help keep them going and believing. I know exactly how they feel.
Recently I prayed and asked God to take control of a situation and asked Him to let me know, good or bad, what the outcome would be. And I got nothing but silence. Not even crickets, just silence. Well, this can't be good, I thought. So is that I no? Every fleeting thought ended with me trying to decipher whether that was a sign or not. First I was hurt, then I was frustrated. Why can't He just give me something.
So I decided to take matters into my own hands and have a very special prayer with God letting him know exactly what I needed from Him (I know, I'm a control freak!). It went a little something like this: "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for all of the many blessings in my life. Without You, we are nothing. Father, I need your help with this situation. Since You know my entire life story, start to finish, you already know about the issue and you also know the end result. I know I need to work on my patience and I am, but I'm also insanely confused and feeling very much out of my league trying to figure everything out. So could you please be a little more clear with your signs? I don't understand vagueness very well. I also don't understand men very well (the confusing situation). Every guy I like doesn't like me and I don't understand the guys who like me. They have a very odd way of showing it. It's all just so very confusing. I really did think I would have dating and guys figured out by now Lord. So Father, anything that you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Can you just give me something? Thank you again for all of the blessing in my life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen."
This prayer was sent out a few weeks ago. To date I still don't have a definite answer. Just lots of confusion and frustration and ... hope. I have learned a major life lesson during this time - no matter how frustrated you get with God, he never leaves your side. No matter how much you believe it, He hasn't forgotten about you. In my case, He's just teaching me to be patient and learn to have complete faith in Him.
What are some of the conversations that you've had with God? Was there a time when you felt that He forgot about you?
Until Next Time,
Recently I prayed and asked God to take control of a situation and asked Him to let me know, good or bad, what the outcome would be. And I got nothing but silence. Not even crickets, just silence. Well, this can't be good, I thought. So is that I no? Every fleeting thought ended with me trying to decipher whether that was a sign or not. First I was hurt, then I was frustrated. Why can't He just give me something.
So I decided to take matters into my own hands and have a very special prayer with God letting him know exactly what I needed from Him (I know, I'm a control freak!). It went a little something like this: "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for all of the many blessings in my life. Without You, we are nothing. Father, I need your help with this situation. Since You know my entire life story, start to finish, you already know about the issue and you also know the end result. I know I need to work on my patience and I am, but I'm also insanely confused and feeling very much out of my league trying to figure everything out. So could you please be a little more clear with your signs? I don't understand vagueness very well. I also don't understand men very well (the confusing situation). Every guy I like doesn't like me and I don't understand the guys who like me. They have a very odd way of showing it. It's all just so very confusing. I really did think I would have dating and guys figured out by now Lord. So Father, anything that you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Can you just give me something? Thank you again for all of the blessing in my life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen."
This prayer was sent out a few weeks ago. To date I still don't have a definite answer. Just lots of confusion and frustration and ... hope. I have learned a major life lesson during this time - no matter how frustrated you get with God, he never leaves your side. No matter how much you believe it, He hasn't forgotten about you. In my case, He's just teaching me to be patient and learn to have complete faith in Him.
What are some of the conversations that you've had with God? Was there a time when you felt that He forgot about you?
Until Next Time,
