{"id":494,"date":"2009-02-04T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2009-02-04T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T00:31:00","slug":"gods-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"God’s Answer…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jordan’s class is doing speeches. His topic was on Life with 5 Brothers. He did a great job! While I was at the gym today, one of his classmates was there practicing her speech while her mom worked out. I asked her what her topic was and she said “God’s Answers.”<\/p>\n

Wow. Kind of a deep topic for a 6 grader. I was intrigued. I was impressed that a 12 year old got it and yet it took me till adulthood to get it.<\/p>\n

As a little girl, I prayed for a happy home. I believed that God would answer me. I believed that somehow my father would become a loving dad and we would all be happy. I stopped that pray after I was in high school. It took 30 plus years to see the answer God gave me… Wait… not yet.<\/span><\/span> I already blogged about this so I won’t again. But the answer was in my<\/span><\/span> own family as an adult. And I learn that happiness is relative. (What I consider happy may not be someone else’s happiness).<\/p>\n

And so here is God answering me… yet it was an answer of not yet.<\/p>\n

Then there are the prayers God says “yes!” I don’t even know of an example because how do I pick? There are so many!
There is the daily answers of health and safety. There are yes answers for helping us find a house that was right for us. There are yes answers to most of my life.<\/p>\n

Then there are the No’s. These I struggle with… because sometimes I am not sure that the answer is maybe a not yet.
My biggest one is asking for a girl. Obviously the answer has been no. (And at this point that answer changing to a yes would be *&&^$%&) Obviously I did not want to hear no. Or maybe I was meant to have my six dearly loved sons. But having a NO is not an easy thing to accept.<\/p>\n

But just like a child, I want my own way. I think in my wiseness that I know what is best. Ummm as I look through the past at my history… I am so glad that God was\/is in control.<\/p>\n

After university I broke up with this guy I was sure was IT. I was willing to overlook his MANY flaws because I was sure he was the one. When we broke up, I BEGGED God that if it was His will<\/span><\/span>, to bring us back together.<\/p>\n

It gives me shivers to think of life if God had not intervened.<\/p>\n

Sanj was there. God was just waiting for the right time. It was perfect timing for both of us. It was perfect because it was God’s timing. I am so glad that I waited.<\/p>\n

Yes, No, Not Now… it is the answers we give our children all the time. It embarrasses me to think that I behave just like my children do. I can only image God’s frustration of wanting to show us that He knows best and to just trust Him.<\/p>\n

I know that I feel this when my children do the same. As I see it from my perspective as a parent, I am so grateful that God is a God of love and patience.<\/p>\n

I am so glad that He is in control… He can even take our bad decisions and bring a blessing out of that!<\/p>\n

So as I continue to look for His answers… I hope that I will grow out of my childish behavior and become more accepting of His wisdom and infinite love for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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