Prayer Answered: The wait

[sampa]

Does anyone have anything to share of things you've been praying years and God chose to wait to answer? I need some encouragement.

 

[Verve]

I prayed that I'd marry a man who loves Jesus.
If you want confirmation of that answer look at the ticker in my signature.

 

[sampa]

I prayed that I'd marry a man who loves Jesus.
If you want confirmation of that answer look at the ticker in my signature.

awesome thankful How long?

 

[Verve]

awesome thankful How long?

How long had I been praying to meet the right guy?
Probably since high school off and on.
Sometime around when I joined CF last year one of the ladies at church sat down and prayed with my best friend and I about it. We're both going to be married this fall.

 

[sampa]

That's great Thankful. I'm encouraged when I see others that have met and married on here. I think it allows for the proper time of fellowship and getting to know them in a group context
I'm still hoping its the Lords will to meet a Godly man I'm attracted to. Its been 20 years praying.

 

[Verve]

That's great Thankful. I'm encouraged when I see others that have met and married on here. I think it allows for the proper time of fellowship and getting to know them in a group context
I'm still hoping its the Lords will to meet a Godly man I'm attracted to. Its been 20 years praying.

Praying for you. You never know.

 

[Rhye]

When I was five we moved to the US. I started school right away. I caught on to English but reading and writhing took me longer. Even in HS I was reading at maybe 5th grade level. Early on I had teachers who told me I would never become anything and one specifically told me to give up. She was from the same ethnicity as I am but culturally different so she used my inability to read as an excuse to bash my culturally unbringing as well. I did not tell my parents because they were going through so much I didn't want to worry them more. I remember even at 6 years of age praying to God to give me strength to do well in school. I worked my butt off to do simple things. In HS I met a teacher who pushed me and did not use my inability as an excuse but a strength and he told me I would get into college. Ten years later I finished with my Masters.
I know I did it because God not only gave me strength but protected my family throughout the last 15 years.

I would talk about my father too but that's all for now. In the end no matter our hardships He has been with us.

 

[mina]

yes; be encouraged. I hesitate to share details on this forum about my life in anyway now unfortunately- there are a lot of sick minded individuals. But, there were things in my life that I prayed ernestly for. People around me belittled me often and told me over and over that one specific thing could not happen to me- I was too quiet , too ugly, never enough, etc.... I was discouraged a lot and all I knew to do was to pour out my heart to God and keep praying until He told me no; not to listen to the voices around me.....That can be really really hard to have faith in the middle of such circumstances. So if you are going through that then; get in a quiet place with God, pour out your frustrations, be comforted in His arms and listen to His voice and word. Until He has told you "no" then there is always a chance of anything happening in what ever circumstances.

 

[sampa]

Praying for you. You never know.

Thanks Thankful. I've not lost hope, if I did I would have compromised many years ago.

When I was five we moved to the US. I started school right away. I caught on to English but reading and writhing took me longer. Even in HS I was reading at maybe 5th grade level. Early on I had teachers who told me I would never become anything and one specifically told me to give up. She was from the same ethnicity as I am but culturally different so she used my inability to read as an excuse to bash my culturally unbringing as well. I did not tell my parents because they were going through so much I didn't want to worry them more. I remember even at 6 years of age praying to God to give me strength to do well in school. I worked my butt off to do simple things. In HS I met a teacher who pushed me and did not use my inability as an excuse but a strength and he told me I would get into college. Ten years later I finished with my Masters.
I know I did it because God not only gave me strength but protected my family throughout the last 15 years.

I would talk about my father too but that's all for now. In the end no matter our hardships He has been with us.

Ethnog, that has got to be hard. I had a similiar situation with a highschool math teacher. When he saw me years later in a restaurant. He stuttered after he found out that I went to college. And after talking about teaching in Japan, he stuttered again "Diiiddd you graduate?". The egotistical teacher thought that if he failed me in his class (all the lunches I skipped for help with him) that there was no way I could go to college. yes I did, lots of effort time and money I'm still paying. But it is a true testimony to the Lords doing for sure. I never even thought I would.

yes; be encouraged. I hesitate to share details on this forum about my life in anyway now unfortunately- there are a lot of sick minded individuals. But, there were things in my life that I prayed ernestly for. People around me belittled me often and told me over and over that one specific thing could not happen to me- I was too quiet , too ugly, never enough, etc.... I was discouraged a lot and all I knew to do was to pour out my heart to God and keep praying until He told me no; not to listen to the voices around me.....That can be really really hard to have faith in the middle of such circumstances. So if you are going through that then; get in a quiet place with God, pour out your frustrations, be comforted in His arms and listen to His voice and word. Until He has told you "no" then there is always a chance of anything happening in what ever circumstances.

Hey Mina, thanks for sharing. I'm sorry that others had no confidence in you, its awful when people are like that. Yes, in many ways I have for 20 years and will try to keep drawing closer. I don't know the bigger picture but am glad to see I didn't compromise as I think emotionally and mentally I'd be in a worse place. And the Lord knows what we can handle. I am also greatful to be by myself as I got through the first year of my diagnosis/illness and can manage my own schedule for sleep and rest. But yes, I decided the other day I'd set aside some extra time for that quiet place. Interestingly yesterday as I spent time in silence waiting to hear I heard Psalm 23. So I'm chewing on that one.

Please keep the stories coming. I need to hear about Gods gratefulness. The stories of mothers praying many years and their sons coming to salvation. People being healed after years.

 

[Rhye]

SAMPA! I saw the same teacher at a museum a few years ago too. When I told her what I was doing she was speechless. Its amazing isn't it that God brings them back into our lives for a moment to teach them a lesson.

Wow, how many lunches and nutrition times I missed just to study.
I'm so glad you understand.

 

[sampa]

SAMPA! I saw the same teacher at a museum a few years ago too. When I told her what I was doing she was speechless. Its amazing isn't it that God brings them back into our lives for a moment to teach them a lesson.

Wow, how many lunches and nutrition times I missed just to study.
I'm so glad you understand.

God is good all the time. And I had a witness, my 11yr younger sister. She was like, why was he acting like that. He had told other students they would amount to nothing and to this day still teaches, I've warned some mothers about him. Not all of us are born with the same mental capabilities as others and we definitely will have a greater appreciation than others.

 

[Inkachu]

Of course! I didn't meet my future hubby until I was 34, and he was 43 (neither of us had been married before, either). I thought I was doomed for old cat lady-hood I went through plenty of miserable, longing, begging, crying, tantrum-throwing years of singleness first, lol. But finally, I decided that, if I was going to be alone forever, I'd make the best of it, I wouldn't complain, I'd live a full, active life doing things I loved and being thankful for every day. I kept an eye open and held a tiny little spark of hope in my heart, and that's how I found my Don

I'd also waited my whole adult life for a HOUSE of my own. I became a single mom at 23, so we waited 11 years, living in ghetto-nasty apartments (cause that's all we could afford), and once Don was in my life, we were finally able to buy our first house as a family!

Waiting can be downright suck-ish, but in the end, your attitude will play the biggest role in whether you feel cruddy for what you DON'T have, or thankful for what you DO have. If you count your blessings every day - no matter how tiny they are - the waiting can be so much less unpleasant

 

[sampa]

Celtic thanks for sharing. That's a great testimony. And I do think it makes a difference how you live. I feel fortunate that I can share with others the experiences for the Lord I've had in my 20 years as a christian. Also the freedom to witness to others in ways I might not be able to if I were married.
Its also neat that you two were never married before. And that you were able to move into a house. That's something I dream of and still working towards it. Currently the Lord has blessed me with a small cottage (renting) where I don't have to do any of the maintenace of the 5acres of land and its in my price range (400.00 mth) How faithful the Lord is.

 

[Blank123]

Yes.

its kind of a long story but the long and short of it how I wound up with fibro was injuring my wrist. When I injured my wrists (the other one became injured through overcompensating for being unable to use my first injured one), I had to give up a lot. I couldn't write things out by hand anymore. I couldn't do any kind of repetitive work with my hands/wrists. I had to be careful of lifting things because even if they're not heavy for most people, it only took a bit of weight to set off the pain in my wrists. Worst of all I had to pretty much give up the piano. I basically wore wrist supports all.the.time. I quite honestly see them as restrictive to my life as handcuffs. I hate them. Even if they did help to ease the pain.

I've prayed for years to God to just give my wrists back. I can deal with the rest of my health issues, pain, fatigue, etc... All I wanted was the use of my wrists back. He always seemed to say no to that, so I pretty much gave up hope. And accepted the fact that I would never again have full use of my wrists.

Then a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a book just randomly about trigger point therapy. I'd never heard of it before and was intrigued. So I bought it and started applying the technique to my wrists and discovered I can kill the pain as soon as it starts. No painkillers. No wrist supports. No quitting tasks that are too much for me. I've tested this several times in situations where it would nnormally trigger pain so terrible I would suffer for days, and found it to work every time so far.

The pain still comes back. And probably always will. But I very much see this as an answer to prayer. I'm quite seriously considering talking to my old piano teacher about resuming lessons in the fall now.

 

[sampa]

lil tigress, that's great. I pray that day by day you will have healing and other natural techniques or other people the Lord uses. We never know why we are going through this and those little things, are such a huge Blessing. I know. My time of not being able to hold a glass was short, but I never thought in a million years I'd be in that position. But now one year later I'm amazed I'm sitting here typing with my legs crosslegged (with feet up) and no pain. I have found that I have to keep myself moving, if I sit too long I begin to hurt. It also strectches my back and body, sometimes theres a bit of cracking at the end of a long work day.

I really hope that you can play the piano again because music is therapy. If you do, please post a video and let me know and we can both praise God together.

 

[Blank123]

Oh I am so glad that you've been able to find relief from your pain as well. It really does make you more appreciative of the little things. 10 years ago, I never thought I would miss being able to hold a pen in my hand for more than 15 minutes.

Music is such amazing therapy I actually just might post a video

 

[sampa]

10 years is a long wait to come to this moment, I'm glad and praise God for it. Yes please do, I think it could be an encouragement to others and maybe share a lil of your testimony too

 

[Inkachu]

Celtic thanks for sharing. That's a great testimony. And I do think it makes a difference how you live. I feel fortunate that I can share with others the experiences for the Lord I've had in my 20 years as a christian. Also the freedom to witness to others in ways I might not be able to if I were married.
Its also neat that you two were never married before. And that you were able to move into a house. That's something I dream of and still working towards it. Currently the Lord has blessed me with a small cottage (renting) where I don't have to do any of the maintenace of the 5acres of land and its in my price range (400.00 mth) How faithful the Lord is.

Shoooot, a cottage on 5 acres for $400/ month??? I wish I could've had that! You are very blessed in that arena for sure

 

[Inkachu]

Yes.

its kind of a long story but the long and short of it how I wound up with fibro was injuring my wrist. When I injured my wrists (the other one became injured through overcompensating for being unable to use my first injured one), I had to give up a lot. I couldn't write things out by hand anymore. I couldn't do any kind of repetitive work with my hands/wrists. I had to be careful of lifting things because even if they're not heavy for most people, it only took a bit of weight to set off the pain in my wrists. Worst of all I had to pretty much give up the piano. I basically wore wrist supports all.the.time. I quite honestly see them as restrictive to my life as handcuffs. I hate them. Even if they did help to ease the pain.

I've prayed for years to God to just give my wrists back. I can deal with the rest of my health issues, pain, fatigue, etc... All I wanted was the use of my wrists back. He always seemed to say no to that, so I pretty much gave up hope. And accepted the fact that I would never again have full use of my wrists.

Then a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a book just randomly about trigger point therapy. I'd never heard of it before and was intrigued. So I bought it and started applying the technique to my wrists and discovered I can kill the pain as soon as it starts. No painkillers. No wrist supports. No quitting tasks that are too much for me. I've tested this several times in situations where it would nnormally trigger pain so terrible I would suffer for days, and found it to work every time so far.

The pain still comes back. And probably always will. But I very much see this as an answer to prayer. I'm quite seriously considering talking to my old piano teacher about resuming lessons in the fall now.

So awesome! I pray this continues to work for you, and that God may see fit to heal you completely someday <3 <3 <3

 

[sampa]

Shoooot, a cottage on 5 acres for $400/ month??? I wish I could've had that! You are very blessed in that arena for sure

Yes its the one blessing I've been reminded of since I've been here in 2006. I still want a place of my own, but for now I've got some quiet.