Unanswered Prayers

I am sure you have some. I think everyone probably does. I was driving home from work a few days ago and the song "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks came on the radio. I am just singing along and it hits me...this song it really powerful. At least to me at the time, it is what I needed to hear.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
Inn her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

[Chorus]

Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

So I have been struggling with the "whys" of the world these days. Why did that happen? Why didn't that happen? Why do I even bother praying for that because it won't happen? Why doesn't anything good ever happen to me? I have been throwing myself a little big pity party about life the past couple of days. Then I heard this song and it helped me clear my head.

The things I worry about are always taken care of, even though I worry and stress so much it is always taken care of. I know that God is watching over me and my family and he has a plan for us. We all want to know what the plan is, but that is part of learning to trust in Him.

I think we all should be thanking God for unanswered prayers. I know he is listening to them and he is doing what he knows is right. We might not like it at the time, but everything happens for a reason! ( I really am starting to believe that that saying is MY motto for this year)