Is God really there? Is He really listening? I mean, why would He. I'm just one person out of the billions on earth. Most people have worse problems than I do, right? So why should God care.
These are thoughts that I have noticed pass through Christians minds quite frequently. They feel that praying is useless and that God doesn't care about them. But let me ask you this... If you had three kids, and one of them was lost and in pain, would you just leave that one there because you have the other two? Not if you were any kind of decent person. God cares for every person on earth, and that includes you.
Some of you may be asking "But what about my prayers? They never get answered. It doesn't ever seem like He's listening.." Well, there's a very simple answer to that. He is listening.
Something I have realized is that there isn't any way to tell when a prayer will be answered, or how it will be answered until it is. I have noticed over the last few months a few prayers I made two or three years ago being answered. But at the same time, I have seen prayers I made get answered in the same night. Sometimes we just have to wait and be patient. But don't give up! Just keep praying, keep talking with God. Build your relationship with him. As you do, you'll find that your prayers could start to be getting answered quicker. Or even prayers you made a long time ago being answered.
As I was sitting in my room in the dark, finishing up this post, a song started playing on my computer. It's called 'Here With Me' by Mikeschair. The lyrics are great and carry a pretty good message. God is always here with us, no matter what is happening or where we are in life. He will never leave.
You are totally right. Also is the fact that we don't look hard enough for answers sometimes. We expect it to be big and noticeable, but most often the answers to our prayers are small things and we don't recognize them until we start to wonder...
ReplyDeleteYou're very right. And you had a good point about never knowing when or how prayers will be answered until they are. Sometimes they're answered immediately, and other times there are long periods of just...waiting. And many times, our prayers aren't fulfilled in the ways we originally wanted them to--but God knows what's best for us, and he allows everything to happen for a reason. :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome blog! (I found your link under one of your posts on the OYAN forum. I'm 'Megs' if you wanna look for me.;) It really makes me think! Some times when I'm praying it feels like I'm talking to a blank wall. But It's easy to remind myself that God is REALLY there. He can hear me and he LOVES me.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really nice song! I looked it up on youtube.