Unanswered Prayers

I was thinking about something earlier today and realized that Garth Brooks' song "Unanswered Prayers" should have been playing in the background. Even though I am single, I often reflect on the times in my life when I wasn't. The guys I have dated and where they are in their lives at this moment. One guy in particular is currently married and I am very happy for him and his wife. I see super cute pictures of them together and know that this is what his life was intended to be like at this moment - not mind. I sit quietly and remember praying so hard to be the one he would be with and now I know that God has something different planned for me. My time will come and so will the man I am supposed to grow old with and cherish forever.

It's funny, you know? That when we pray...we always ask for something for ourselves and it is always with urgency. Instead, next time...pray for what He wants...pray to know, understand and accept His plan.

"Unanswered Prayers" - Garth Brooks
Just the other night a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be.

She was the one that Id wanted for all times
And each night Id spend prayin' that God would make her mine
And if had only grant me this wish I wished back then
Id never ask for anything again.

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Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because He doesn't answer doesn't mean He don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
Inn her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the lord knows what hes doin' after all.

And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life.

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Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers