Thankful Thursday #9 - Hope!

I am thankful for Hope!

I got a book a couple months ago from my mom, came home and read it. Well I realized that I hadn't returned the book yet, so I read it again. It is just that good of a book. What is the book called you ask? When your PRAYERS Seem Unanswered, by S. Michael Wilcox. It is a small, yet powerful book. I enjoyed it the second time just as much as the first. This book is about just as the title is given. We all go throughout our lives here on this earth and have all asked Why have my prayers not been answered. I know I have asked this question a time or two. I would highly recommend this book. I have a few moments in the book that touched me and so I post them so that I can remember them. Hope you enjoy them as well.

. . . When you feel somewhat desperate, when it seems like your prayers aren't answered and the winds still blow, take comfort in the knowledge that he is on the hillside watching. Remember, you might not know that he's watching as you struggle in the boat, but he is on the hillside watching, and he will come. But he generally comes in the fourth watch - after we have done all we can do. . . .

I really liked this thought. How many times do we pray and never really feel that we have recieved an answer, but later on in life, sometimes years later we will experience something that is the answer that we have been looking for so long:

Maybe we are in the forth watch, but the Lord is saying to us: I'll answer your prayer. I'm aware of your needs. It is recorded in heaven, and I'm going to answer it. But right now in your life there's no place for me to put the answer. Life will create a holding place, and as soon as you are able to recieve it, I will give it to you.

I am thankful for moments in our lives that bring us to our knees and to remind us that we are not alone.