ASK & YOU WILL RECEIVE ~ BUT NOT ALWAYS AS EXPECTED !

BRIAN & ANGELA

 

 

I ASKED  for Wealth

I WAS GIVEN ~ A worthwhile JOB ! 

I ASKED  for Love

I WAS GIVEN ~ ANGELA to experience Love !

I ASKED  to Travel

I WAS GIVEN ~ An Atlas of the World

I ASKED  for Patience

I WAS GIVEN ~ A CAT !

I ASKED  for Knowledge

I WAS GIVEN ~ Wisdom

I ASKED  for JOY

I WAS GIVEN ~ Joyful Friends !

I ASKED  for Responsibility

I WAS GIVEN ~ An extended Family 

I ASKED  for Fame

I WAS GIVEN ~ Opportunity !

I ASKED  to be Spiritual

I WAS GIVEN ~ An introduction to JESUS

I ASKED  for Healing

I WAS GIVEN ~ Students with a range of disabilities !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN XOX

 

What have you asked for or prayed for ? How have your

requests been answered ? GOD gives us opportunities

to  enable us to ANSWER our own PRAYERS ~ AMEN

  

 

  • Author: BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 4th, 2018 02:51
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments8

  • orchidee

    A fine write, and understanding and insight to see answers to your prayers Brian.
    Some prayers are just daft: 'Make me win the lottery' etc, unless it's for some genuine purpose. Or 'Give me a hundred pork pies and bottles of sherry' (yes please! lol).

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks STEVE ~ Pleased you enjoyed it ! Prayer is a dangerous exercise because sonetimes the Answer is too hot to handle (Like ANGELA ~ Joke !) PORK PIES should be on the top of everybody's PRAYER LIST (except for MOSES) who got Popcorn ~ MANNA ~ instead ! Yours BFRIAN

    • sylviasearcher

      I'm not sure my prayers are answered.

      But I am still here.

      I asked for purpose?
      I was given prose?

      I asked to understand?
      I was given journey?

      I asked to belong?
      I was given yearning?

      I accept it all of course. I am sure it wasn't meant to be easy!

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks SYLVIA ~ The Good Book says "Search and you will Find" It does not say WHAT you will Find or WHY ~ WHEN ~ HOW or WHERE ~ But like you I still go on searching ~ Yours BRIAN !

      • Lorna

        I love your wonderful view of life Brian! You've got the secret figured out! Make lemonade out of lemons and be grateful for what we have not for what we don't!

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          Thanks LORNA ~ You have hit on a great TRUTH there ! Often GOD gives us the incentive or the raw materials and expects us to get on with it ! LEMONS but not Lemonade ~ BRICKS but not a House ~ Pray for JOY and he gives us a BANJO etc etc ~ Prayerful HUGS ~ BRIAN @@@

          • Lorna

            Xactly....... the less we expect someone else to fix our problems, the better.

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          • Michael Edwards

            I worked darn hard to make something of my life and got there through sheer hard work - the only thing I asked for was my wife's hand and she gave it - and we worked hard at our marriage and have never faltered.

            • BRIAN & ANGELA

              Thanks MICHAEL ~ Hard work and self sufficiency are implicit in PRAYER ! See my answer to Lorna. In my experience GOD allows us the wherewithall to get on with the Job ~ A GARDEN but not Flowers ~ A JOB but not a Lottery Win ~ PORK & FLOUR but not a PORK PIE (in Steve's case) etc etc. It's all a question of perspective and the BIBLE is full of PROMISES ! ASK and You will receive ~ SEEK and you will find ~ KNOCK and it will be opened unto you etc etc ! Common sense really . If you had not asked your Wife you would not be happily MARRIED and if I had not asked ANGELA (and her DAD !) I would not be happily engaged. Of course there is a proviso the ANSWER can be YES ~ NO or WAIT ! Thanks for sharing BRIAN

            • Laura🌻

              Mio Caro Amico BRIAN,
              A beautifully written poem!
              We work very hard to achieve what we want! It’s a tough journey...but the rewards can be immeasurably satisfying!
              Un abbraccio e Baci...
              ~Laura~

              • BRIAN & ANGELA

                GRAZIE LAURA ~ MIA CARA AMICA ~ Please you liked it ! Prayer is about NEEDS not GREEDS ! The Bible promises "God will supply all our NEEDS ~ according to His Heavenly riches through Christ Jesus our Lord ~ You will understand this of course ! When i pray about something it gives me Peace of Mind ~ AMEN Baci e Abbracci ~ BRIAN Uomo d'Ora XOXOX

                • Laura🌻

                  Sì, hai ragione caro amico!

                • Christina8

                  Very write, Brian. I hate it when people pray for outrageous things and then get angry when they don't get them. Great job--Sister Christina

                  • BRIAN & ANGELA

                    Gracias Mi Hermana en El Spirito ~ CHRISTINA ~ The BIBLE teaches GOD will supply our NEEDS (ONLY !) not our GREEDS ! But He works through situations ~ if we pray for Patience ~ God will place us in a situation where we need Patience etc ! What a privilege to carry EVERYTHING to GOD in PRAYER ~ AMEN Thanks for understanding ~ Tu Hermano en El Spirito BRIAN @@@@@@@

                  • Fay Slimm.

                    Whatever we ask some wonderful blessing always appears and not at times what we would have expected - love these few lines of reflection Brian.

                    • BRIAN & ANGELA

                      Thanks FAY for your very perceptive comment ! In my experience PRAYER does CHANGE THINGS ~ but not always in ways we expect ~ AMEN ~ Yours as always BRIAN

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Very good write Brian. One thing that I have always believed that if you ask for something in prayers the answer can sometimes be no as God has a better plan.



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