Tarsonis wrote:Luminesa wrote:I disagree. Anything is possible for God, so being bold in prayer is never unappreciated or ignored by God. Our own limitations keep us from seeing prayer as God sees it.
That being said, I shall also pray for your teaching position.
Just because anything is possible for God to do, doesn't mean there aren't practical considerations on whether or not he will. Like I said, God could let everybody win the lottery, but if that happens they all have to share the prize. What's $60 million split 150 milion ways?
I mean sure, God is not gonna give me a unicorn tomorrow unless He wills it. It would be insane, ridiculous, and bizarre to me, but if God decided to give me a unicorn, God would be the only being who could suddenly make a unicorn exist and say, “Here, Lumi, here is your unicorn.”
In a more...real-world sense, many mystics have asked Jesus to allow them to endure His suffering with Him (which is a rather grandiose thing to ask for, for who can truly know the fullest depths of Christ’s passion on the cross?). He would give some the stigmata. Some, like Catherine Emmerich, had visions. Theresa Neumann lived on nothing but Holy Communion and suffered ecstasies of Christ’s Passion for four days a week. These were bold prayers answered with incredible gifts. We should never put limits on God’s generosity and love. God always takes our prayers and answers them with a “Yes”, a “Maybe”, or a, “I have something even better.”
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:55 pm
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