There are times when we pray for something but God does not
answer our prayers the way we hoped he would; sometimes, in fact, we end up
getting the opposite of what we prayed for. “I’ve prayed for X but I’m getting
Y. Doesn’t he care?”
Well, he does care, more than you know. He knows what you
don’t know, that’s why he doesn’t always answer your prayers according to your
own wishes. Don’t forget that we pray “Thy will be done,” not “My
will be done.”
As it says in Self-Abandonment
to Divine Providence, “. . . He knows that you do not know what is good for
you and he makes it His business to give it to you. He does not mind
disappointing you. You thought you were going eastwards, he takes you to the
west. You were on the point of striking something dangerous, he turns the
rudder and brings you safe to port.”
(Book II, Chp. 1, #8)
Find your peace in those words.
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