Every now and then, it seems like I have prayed and cried and prayed and cried ... but I can't seem to hear His response. Is God there? Doesn't God know that I am waiting to hear from Him? Does He still love me?

Every now and then, when I become still. When I read His word, when I have fully repented (you know for real, for real), when I have fully forgiven all who have offened me, when I choose to hold on to the good and let go of the hurt ... every now and then, I find that God has already answered my prayers ... I just didn't want to hear what He had already said.

Every now and then I have to remind myself that God does hear my prayers, that He does love me, and that sometimes when it seems like He is not answering the way I want ... it is because He has already answered the way He wants. "Lord, Help me to hear your answers to prayer - the first time. Clear out my will so I can hear your voice more clearly and help me to trust you completely. In the name of Jesus, Amen."