sorry for the long hiatus in my blogging but im back.
Anyways... we pray. What do we pray for? Do we pray for others? Do we pray for ourselves? Why do you pray... odds are its a selfish reason. i feel like we buy in to a trap that says if we pray for things we want God has to give them to us and this simply is not truth. The truth is we are completely under the dominion of God and we cannot make him do anything. He has no obligation whatsoever to answer our prayers like we want him to. When we are sick we pray for healing... what if God wants us to learn to trust through our long suffering? What if he wants us to learn dependency through our weakness? Well then, what good would getting better quickly do? A lot for your physical needs but you would be deprived spiritually. God grows us through our hardships and trials. Next time you pray ask God for his will, ask God for trials and hard things to overtake you so you can learn what it is to be in full dependency of God and his providential grace. He has already given you the grace before the trial even comes, you just need to learn what it looks like and what he is trying to teach you. If your life was roses and sunshine all the time how would you ever learn to appreciate the rain? Even though rain keeps you bound inside and it looks gloomy and depressing it feeds life. It rejuvenates the ground and breaths life and refreshing into the plants, the same way trials are hard, but when you trust God and get through them you realize how much he was there holding you and renewing your mind and spirit through them. Stay steadfast and recognize and embrace his grace in every circumstance. Grace and peace and love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jesus bring the rain.
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