When it’s not your kid you can think of all kinds of lofty, theologically correct arguments or reasons for why God answers one prayer and not another–for why one person is healed and not another–for why one person survives a devastating-should-have-killed-him accident but not another.
But when it is your child that doesn’t survive or isn’t healed or is stolen through the violent actions of someone else…well, that’s a different matter entirely.
Read the rest here: The Problem of [Un]Answered Prayer
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I’m reading Dark Clouds Deep Mercy about the relief and release that can come from lament. I have much to “complain” to God about. What a gift to find a prayer style modeled on raw pain and confusion but grounded in knowing God is for me, not against me. Grief is already so isolating- I need to believe in the goodness of God.
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God has the final say on everything. He allowed my son to pass at 28. All we can TRULY pray for is STRENGTH to get through what HE allows. His will WILL be done ‘on earth as it is in Heaven’. The Lord’s Prayer covers all we need to say without asking for specific things and keeps us connected to Him when we feel so lost and broken. The Serenity Prayer works as well. All He wants is for us to be grateful for what we have and to lean on Him when we are struggling. I haven’t always thought like this. After losing my son, I realized that we have absolutely NO control ~ not even through prayer. ‘Lord ~ thank you for another day and all of my blessings. Give me your strength to get through another day. Have mercy on my heart and the hearts of those who are suffering. Amen’ This is better than no prayer at all~ Its what works for me. Cindy💜 Blake f28💜
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