Tuesday 10 April 2012

Celebrate unanswered prayers

Fate is extremely powerful.  We often feel helpless against its pull when there is something we yearn for that does not come to fruition.  A love. A promotion at work.  A vacation.  Good health for a loved one.  We are devastated when our prayers appear to be unanswered.  Anger, frustration, grief and stress fill our bodies with an uncesessary toxic soup.  Think of the last time you truly wished for something only to have that wish float away out of reach.  Think of a possible reason fate may have ignored your plea.  Is there a leson to be learned?  A better option that awaits?  Try to venture into the positive realm and you may find the answer.  It might even help to uncloak your feelings of loss.  Next time you pray or wish on a star, add the clause "If it is in the greatest good".  Fate and your spirit will appreciate this.

4 comments:

  1. This reminds me of a song by Garth Brooks called "unanswered prayers". In essense, he is saying that sometimes he thanks God for UNANSWERED prayers...for if they had been answered certain things may not have come about.

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    1. I remember this song. So many songs carry great messages, it's great!

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  2. I've learned to surrender to the God of my understanding, my Higher Power. He's not the God portrayed in Medieval paintings: harsh, judgmental and unforgiving. My God is loving and gracious.

    Surrendering means I seek His will. I ask Him for the power to carry it out. Life is overwhelming when I try to live it by my abilities alone. If I were to get angry because I God doesn't answer my prayers, I was asking him to perform my will, not His.

    "At any given moment, I am the sum total of all that has gone before, both painful and pleasurable, so everything I've experienced has value." Courage to Change, p. 98

    My perspective is limited. I realize that resting in God, doing my best and leaving the outcomes in His hands provides me with peace of mind.

    "Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives me something to do, but it gets me no where."

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    1. I hear you on the overwhelming feeling. It constricts and binds, leaving one feeling helpless and lacking any confidence. It is amazing that you have found connection with a higher power that can release you from these darker feelings.

      Thanks for the quote - I will use that a lot!

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