Saturday, June 18, 2005
NOT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT WHAT GOD WILLS
By Helen Steiner Rice
Do you want WHAT YOU WANT when you want it...
Do you pray and expect a reply,
And when it's not instantly answered
Do you feel that God passed you by?
Well, prayers that are prayed in this manner
Are really not prayers at all,
For you can't go to God in a hurry
And expect Him to answer your call...
For prayers are not meant for obtaining
What we selfishly wish to acquire.
For God in His wisdom refuses
The things that we wrongly desire...
And don't pray for freedom from trouble
Or ask that trials pass you by.
Instead, pray for strength and for courage
To meet life's "dark hours" and not cry
That God was not there when you called Him
And He turned a deaf ear to your prayer
And just when you needed Him most of all
He left you alone in despair...
WAKE UP! You are missing completely
The reason and purpose of prayer,
Which is really to keep us contented
That God holds us safely in His care...
And God only answers our pleadings
When He knows that our wants fill a need
And whenever "OUR WILL" becomes "HIS WILL"
There is NO PRAYER THAT GOD DOES NOT HEED!
Do you want WHAT YOU WANT when you want it...
Do you pray and expect a reply,
And when it's not instantly answered
Do you feel that God passed you by?
Well, prayers that are prayed in this manner
Are really not prayers at all,
For you can't go to God in a hurry
And expect Him to answer your call...
For prayers are not meant for obtaining
What we selfishly wish to acquire.
For God in His wisdom refuses
The things that we wrongly desire...
And don't pray for freedom from trouble
Or ask that trials pass you by.
Instead, pray for strength and for courage
To meet life's "dark hours" and not cry
That God was not there when you called Him
And He turned a deaf ear to your prayer
And just when you needed Him most of all
He left you alone in despair...
WAKE UP! You are missing completely
The reason and purpose of prayer,
Which is really to keep us contented
That God holds us safely in His care...
And God only answers our pleadings
When He knows that our wants fill a need
And whenever "OUR WILL" becomes "HIS WILL"
There is NO PRAYER THAT GOD DOES NOT HEED!
# posted by F O O D F O R T H O U G H T @ 4:45 PM 
