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
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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).
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
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!
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 !
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!
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 @@@
Xactly....... the less we expect someone else to fix our problems, the better.
I like your lemonade comment, Lorna!
I love lemonade...
and if you have an abundance of lemons, you can always make...limoncello!😉
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.
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
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~
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
Sì, hai ragione caro amico!
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
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 @@@@@@@
Whatever we ask some wonderful blessing always appears and not at times what we would have expected - love these few lines of reflection Brian.
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
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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