I awoke early this morning, and as my custom is, I got up to make the coffee.  As I have so often done, I poured my coffee into my cup and sat down on the couch, in the darkness, to pray. I love this time. This is the time that I have to spend alone  with the Almighty God, to bring my thankfulness to Him for what He has done, and also to bring my worries and concerns to lay at His feet.

After thanking Him for our wonderful little family trip that we have just come back from, I then laid at His feet an unanswered prayer.  I have had a desire in my heart for some time now that has gone unfulfilled and I brought this issue to Him.  There are two ways of looking at this issue, I said to Him in prayer. I pray in a very conversational way with my Lord and Savior, because He is my very Best Friend, and has been faithful and true to me.  He has walked with me through the valley of shadows, as well as He has been with me on the mountain tops of life's experiences and answered prayers. 

On the one hand, perhaps I should just accept that what I have is God's will for me, and to be content, and not to pray for this issue.  On the other hand, perhaps this desire has been placed in my heart by God Himself, and He wants me to pray for it into fruition. If I quit praying for it, is that saying I don't believe that God can answer this prayer?  If I quit praying for this desire in my heart, even when I still feel a great desire, am I giving up on God?  Not believing that He can do anything and fulfill all the desires of our heart? 

I explained to Him the questions of my heart, and then asked Him again to fulfill this desire.  I believe it was Him that placed this desire there in the first place. I asked Him that should this not be His will for my life, then to give me contentment, to not feel this "want" of the heart. 

It is so peaceful to have a relationship with the Creator of this universe, that any worries and concerns that I have throughout the day, I can just say within myself, "Take this to God in prayer".  And then, when the early morning time comes, I can rise, and meet with Him and lay all of my burdens and requests at His feet. 

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After writing the above, I had my devotional time of reading His Word. I am in the book of Job. I just had to share the passage that I read, in light of my prayer this morning to Him.

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Job 33:13

"Why do you complain to Him that He answers none of man's words?"

O.k., I wasn't "complaining,"  but I was questioning, but maybe questioning/complaining is just a play on words. I took this verse as a very literal response to my prayer this morning.

"For God does speak - now one way, now another- though man may not perceive it.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds..."

- Job 33:15

I find this passage very interesting. Sometimes we think God is just silent about the thing, the situation, the desire we have. Yet, this passage in His Word says that God does speak, but we may just not be perceiving it.  He speaks in dreams, and in visions.  This passage then goes on to say that God speaks to us through pain (verses 19-22), and through angels (vs 23).

Then the question is, am I not listening carefully enough? Is my "radio frequency" not tuned in enough to hear His message to me?  Is He speaking, but I'm not listening?  Is there so much noise in my life that I cannot hear His quiet whispers? 

I have often told my children, that prayer is how we talk to God and communicate with Him, and His Word (the Bible) is how He communicates with us. This morning, through this passage, I found this to again be so true.