"I keep praying and God doesn't seem to be listening to me"
"Why is God giving me the opposite of my prayers?"
In my search for understanding, one of the strongest lessons I learned are:
⇢ the same events that we think would leave us feeling like we lost something important-something that we thought belonged to us was taken away-are the same events that bring those things to us.
⇢ The method might be in a different to get it (the shape it comes in or the path we go through) But it is what we wished, need and asked for.
وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
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One other thing, we won't necessarily understand it all... Or it might take time...
الإيمان بالغيب
Believing in the unseen is part of the religion the challenge. IF we all see what it is all the time it's not anymore believing in the unseen?
Our job is to ask and seek, God replies:
1⇢ the way He sees best (How)
فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ (61
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2⇢the time He sees best (When)
حَتَّى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَى نَصْرُ اللَّهِ
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They didn't know when Gods help would come, or when they would die or when people would believe them or when the day of Judgment would be
Whatever shape and path and whenever it comes with.
The real question is.. do we trust God?
More tomorrow about dealing with not knowing- or when we find ourselves asking the question Why... why is this happening or if I only knew why I could move on.
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Sound Credits:
A Good Heart
Album: Unconditional
Artist: Marc Enfroy
