{"id":1821,"date":"2017-10-02T18:33:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2017-10-02T18:33:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T23:33:41","slug":"my-prayer-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/02\/my-prayer-gods-will\/","title":{"rendered":"My Prayer, God’s Will"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been such a long time since I blogged last. I\u2019m not sure why. Maybe I had nothing to say, maybe I had something to say, just didn\u2019t know how to say it. I don\u2019t know. So I thought I would write something now. I feel compelled, just not sure what I\u2019m to write about.
\nI\u2019ll start with the new small group I\u2019m in. It\u2019s sponsored by the ELCA Nebraska Synod offices. \u201cDrinking From the Well\u201d. The small group is about learning how to pray, and how to hear God in those prayers.
\nIf you are anything like me, you will understand what I\u2019m about to say. I don\u2019t really know how to pray or how to hear God in the mist of my prayers.
\nI prayed for many things over the years. I prayed for ponies, games and toys. I\u2019ve prayed for winning lottery number, and finding that long lost relative has left me more money than I could ever know what to do with. Hey you may even now him, I believe he’s a Prince in another country.\u00a0 I\u2019ve since\u00a0 grown up and learned to pray for friends who suffered losses, as well as prayers for celebrations.\u00a0 However, even with that, I never heard God. In fact most times, I feel like my own prayers were never answered.
\nFor example, I didn\u2019t want to leave my home in 2011 and move to a seminary campus. I loved where I lived, loved my job, and my friends. However, that prayer fell on deaf ears. While on campus, I prayed for help in getting things paid for and even finding friends. Well God provided me a friend or two, but the money wasn\u2019t rolling in. I prayed for a first call, in an area that I could be happy in. Guess what, that didn\u2019t happen either. In fact first call for us, was not where we belonged. So back to praying some more. Yes, we finally found a place to call home.
\nWait, did God just answer one or two of my prayers? Maybe, maybe not.
\nNow, I\u2019m feeling a little lost these days. I\u2019m wondering trying to see those second set of footprints, letting me know that God is there. My prayers continue to change, yet I\u2019m still not able to hear what it is God wants me to do, or where I\u2019m supposed to go, if anywhere.
\nI don\u2019t even know what my spiritual gifts are. You know the gifts God gave us, to use for His purpose. I\u2019m not talking about being an athlete, or famous writer or anything like that. I\u2019m talking the gifts God has placed within me to serve the church, the body of Christ.
\nI even get angry when I think of the people who say, their answer came from the bible. They were struggling, and then bam,\u00a0<\/strong> the bible was open and the passage they needed was right there. I can honestly say, that has never happened to me.
\nI\u2019ve heard people tell me God didn\u2019t answer your prayer because (insert whatever here). Or God has a better plan for you. For me those are not comforting words. I know it sounds strange and you\u2019re probably wondering why I say that.
\nWell here\u2019s my biggest reason\u2026God\u2019s plan for all of us still involves humans. It still involves free will, and decision making. In today\u2019s world you can\u2019t just think you will get the winning lottery numbers sent to you from God. Really the Divine doesn\u2019t work that way. You can\u2019t land that perfect job, because there is no perfect job. You\u2019ll never own your dream house or car or any other materialistic thing you can think and hope for. Why ?You know, humans are never satisfied, we always want more.
\nSo how do we know if it\u2019s God talking or us just wanting? How do we know if its God will for us, or we just want it so bad, we see things that aren\u2019t there?
\nSo how do I find out? How do I pray and hear what I\u2019m supposed to hear? I don\u2019t know, but I do know this;
\nPhilippians 4:6-7The Voice (VOICE)<\/strong>
\n6 Don\u2019t be anxious about things; instead, pray. Pray about everything. He longs to hear your requests, so talk to God about your needs and be thankful for what has come. 7 And know that the peace of God (a peace that is beyond any and all of our human understanding) will stand watch over your hearts and minds in Jesus, the Anointed One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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