tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952491439420549812.post2210962451233703410..comments2023-11-11T02:03:59.246-06:00Comments on Logan's Sisters: My Thoughts on PrayerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952491439420549812.post-73671073802036981232010-04-12T12:25:21.944-05:002010-04-12T12:25:21.944-05:00Sometimes I feel like my faith can be severely tes...Sometimes I feel like my faith can be severely tested. How can God let these things happen? Why doesn't he DO anything? Doesn't he care? Of course. I think of one of my favorite poems, "The Footprints of God".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952491439420549812.post-5679902961739761342010-04-08T13:30:07.267-05:002010-04-08T13:30:07.267-05:00I read your post this morning and it has stuck wit...I read your post this morning and it has stuck with me..then I sat down to work on my Beth Moore Bible study on Esther and something she was talking about flew off the pages at me! I thought of you and this post and pretty much any Christian who struggles with the bad and hard things we face. She was talking about Psalms 16:5-6. It talks about God giving us our portion and our cup and securing our lot. Basically she said it refers to our destiny. In my study guide she said this"No matter what life - or Satan himself - hands us, the favor God has on His children causes that "lot" to tumble out on the table in such a way that, instead of destruction, the child will discover that her portion turned into destiny one trusting step at a time..." I don't know if this will help, but I thought of you.<br /><br />Julie HamlettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952491439420549812.post-23895743845753885992010-04-07T23:01:55.860-05:002010-04-07T23:01:55.860-05:00Amen.Amen.Megan B ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/18317231207390165351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952491439420549812.post-3632764809977594082010-04-07T22:26:44.341-05:002010-04-07T22:26:44.341-05:00Whenever I pray for specific things I always think...Whenever I pray for specific things I always think of the parable of the widow and the unjust judge. <br /><br />Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. [2] He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. [3] And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' <br /><br />[4] "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, [5] yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' " <br /><br />[6] And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. [7] And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? [8] I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" <br /><br /><br />In some weird way I figure maybe, just maybe, I can wear God out lol :) <br /><br />But I've gone through a period where I feel it's pointless to pray to God because I felt like he didn't answer my prayers regarding Emery. But I'm always reminded that God wants a relationship with me regardless of how I feel and what I want to happen. <br /><br />And I'm not going to give you trite answers about Logan's death or the premature birth or infertility, only that we live in a broken world and Jesus wept at the pain of it. I imagine when Oliva and Logan were born, Jesus wept with you.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786711719995952934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952491439420549812.post-77064937401407633532010-04-07T21:41:56.849-05:002010-04-07T21:41:56.849-05:00I love that I pray to a God that is too big for me...I love that I pray to a God that is too big for me to understand. Thank you for the beautiful reminder about prayer.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631341413221647346noreply@blogger.com