Things I've been thinking about...

On Miracles

Question:
I asked God to help me through this troubled time, he hasn't done it. In fact, the situation is now worse and now I really don't know what to do?

Answer:
When your car is having some trouble that you don't understand you take it to the mechanic. Do you ask the mechanic exactly how he's going to fix it? If you asked for an explanation, would you understand it? Maybe some of it, but chances are you'd simply leave it at the shop, answer the mechanic's questions and simply ask what the best time would be for you to return for your car.

You can't tell the mechanic that you need your car fixed in 10 minutes if you don't know exactly what the problem is? The repairs may require more time that you imagined. You leave the car at the shop and wait for the call from the mechanic.

You and you car are now on the mechanic's time, not yours. When you bring a problem to God, you and your problem are now on God's time.

He'll let you know when the problem is fixed. Until then, you may incurr a few more hardships that are part of the process of getting God to fix your problem. The key is to have faith. Conviction in your prayers that God will fix your problem and probably not in the way that you imagined.