I retraced the tough but remarkable journey to Katylynn entering our life this past Sunday morning when I shared in NMC's services. I mentioned a book that I was reading and had a huge impact on me during the journey of understanding the "why" behind 6 1/2 years of hoping and praying for a baby, but seeing no answers to our prayer. That book was GOD ON MUTE by Pete Grieg.
The following excerpt was monumental in rebooting my heart, mind, and soul on who God is and one of the more significant roles prayer plays in my life.
God's great aim has been, and will forever be, relationship with us. Sometimes, He may deprive us of something in order to draw us to Someone. And when we reciprocate - when we decide that we want Him more than we want His stuff - the most amazing thing happens. We are rewired and our requests are either altered as we grow to know and to prefer what he wants for us, or they are simply answered because, in seeking first the kingdom of God, "all these things" are given to us as well (Matt 6:33).
Some prayers aren't answered because God Himself is a greater answer than the thing we are asking for and He wants to use our sense of need to draw us into a deeper relationship with Himself.
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