Refusal

I have had prayers answered--most strangely so sometimes--but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.

 

      -- Lewis Carroll

 

 

I can relate to this.

I guess it’s all part of life.

Actually, I believe that is life.

When I look back and reflect on what relationships I’ve at some point brooded over,

I breathe a sigh of relief and say “I’m glad it ended when it did”

Sometimes we whine over things we wish we had

We envy others at times

But look at the present and look at all those “lost opportunities”

Aren’t you glad that you didn’t go for that function?

Aren’t you glad you didn’t go for that lunch date?

Aren’t you relieved you arrived late for that event?

Aren’t you glad someone else went in your place?

Aren’t you happy you didn’t change jobs that time?

The events that God shielded us from loss are many if we just look and accept that it was His hand that stopped you at the right time to avoid the disaster that happened.

I thank God for all my unanswered prayers

They’re not all refusals

Many are ‘not yet”.