It is difficult to see something prayed about consistently appear to go unanswered - but that's just it- "appear". Just because it is unseen does not mean that God isn't working in the situation. Some things just take time, we have all learned that lesson in some way or another. It is difficult from the outside looking in, feeling utterly helpless and wanting to make things better - wanting it to not hurt anymore, but there is no doubt that it's much harder from the inside looking out. There is much we may hope for- things we can do to help, things to say, but in the end it all comes down to God and His timing. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Everything God has done is according to His plan, His purpose and His timing. Nothing can be done apart from God (John 15:5; Proverb 19:21), and nothing can be done before God wills it to be. God has also made men for His eternal purpose- each one designed to fulfill God's will, God’s glory, in some way – God’s will, not our own (Isaiah 43:7).
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
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