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I'd really like to ask people in the Prayer Request forum this one, but it felt wrong to post it there. Day after day, I see people praying for someone's needs. Day after day, I see God not answer it like the person asked. I'm not saying God doesn't answer. Far from it. I know God answers our prayers all the time -- just not in the manner we want him to answer us.
But then people keep praying, "And we know God this isn't what you want." Huh? If it's not what God wants, than why does it happen that way? Is God unable to get what he wants? I trust God to always get what he wants. I merely get frustrated, saddened, hurt, and feel terrible that the person asking for prayers won't get what he/she wants, especially when I want that for them almost as much as they want it.
How do people who keep praying for others handle the sorrow that comes from all that if they think God will answer as planned, but he doesn't do that again and again?
But then people keep praying, "And we know God this isn't what you want." Huh? If it's not what God wants, than why does it happen that way? Is God unable to get what he wants? I trust God to always get what he wants. I merely get frustrated, saddened, hurt, and feel terrible that the person asking for prayers won't get what he/she wants, especially when I want that for them almost as much as they want it.
How do people who keep praying for others handle the sorrow that comes from all that if they think God will answer as planned, but he doesn't do that again and again?