Did my prayers really get stuck and never even make it to heaven? Was that hole or nook in the ceiling of the church serving as a catchers mitt snagging my prayers to where they were so they couldn't go any further? It took several years down the road into my spiritual maturity to finally realize the answer to my question was, "no!"
Daily our prayers reach their destination of God's listening ears. They are on his agenda to be answered but on His time and His will. If closely examined they are still in flight to where they need to be. They are not stuck in a nook or cranny somewhere halfway to heaven.
The only place our prayers can be snagged or delayed is in our hearts. A heart not willing to give itself up to God totally. Our waiting period for answers is not a time of punishment for mistakes made or revenge or torture for poor choices gone bad. They are where our spiritual maturity happens and growth in wisdom occur in our own journey to Heaven as we learn to trust in God.
Instead of a nook to capture and keep our payers away from God we need to look at it as a funnel in flight that streamlines our prayers to where they need to be. Truly it is not a place of instant results like a McDonalds drive-thru between the order and the pick up window but a place where patience is grown and new things are learned.
Halfway to Heaven? No way! Praise the Lord we are in flight. Praise The Lord we have that choice.
They Call me Grandma
Sent from my iPhone. Hang in there Travis.
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