Unanswered Prayer
The Bible often recounts that our prayers will be answered. All we need do is ask. Then there are those whose precise expectations question this. For these lookers on, I suggest we should address the issue like lawyers writing briefs on the ultra-fine print found tucked tightly disguised on medicine labels.
Jesus addressed this matter without fanfare when he healed people. Everyone was already healed by Jesus' stripes prior to his His ordeal on the Cross. But before the Cross when He asked whether they believed He could heal them, He returned their agreement that they did. by saying, then let it be done according to your belief. Not His belief, but their belief in His belief.
My method in dealing with my unanswered prayers is to assume my belief was not strong enough, or that my request was not to my advantage. My first thought is to take responsibility for my belief, not let it stand up against God's belief. After all God created the entire universe by His spoken belief. So, to question God is nonsensical. Also, I do not assume that my asking was not, asked as well as it might have been.
My Mother's last prayer was that God would help her now. That was her last prayer, and then God took my mother into His own.
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