I got to thinking on Monday.....remember all of those unanswered prayers from your youth? I had one in particular that I would hope and yes, even pray, to come true. My best friend W.D. was also my crush for almost the entire time we knew each other while in school. We spent a lot of time together and though we never got out of 'the friend zone', we were very close.
I used to listen to the Garth Brooks song, "Unanswered Prayers", and wonder if W.D. would eventually be on my list of thankfully unanswered prayers. Well lo and behold he is! My childhood and adolescence was completed by this unrequited love and though it caused me teenage heartache, I am very grateful for the experience.
I then thought some more....I love a site called Post Secret where people send in their secrets anonymously via post cards and they are then listed online or in a collection for a book (I own 2 of them).
What about unanswered prayers? I have many many prayers that you could say I am thankful for being unanswered but I have to wonder about other people.
Could adult unanswered prayers help others? Could it help others through their own current situations by seeing successes and even failures of those who saw their way through a difficult time and made it through to the other side?
Maybe my current prayers will eventually become unanswered prayers that I am thankful were ignored. I am open to the fact that all people are in need of support and help and this might be an avenue.
So, let's try this out. If you do not wish to post your unanswered prayer, you can email me and I can post it for you.
Still not totally anonymous, but it's worth a start.
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