The premise for this blog comes from something that happened in my life many years ago.

I had been on a prayer journey for about four months in regards to the relationship between two members of my family.

One’s actions and rebellion made it difficult for the other to have unconditional love for him.

Then a traumatic event happened in our family. Another member received second and  third degree burns to 23 per cent of his body. Of course, he was hospitalized, and I spent three weeks with him while he was there healing and having skin grafting done. The other two family members remained at home except for visits.

During the time I stayed at the hospital, I knew there was some sort of “light at the end of the tunnel.” I felt strongly that somehow my prayers from the last months were going to be answered even through this tragedy. Of course, I did not know how.

But as the months passed, I became discouraged. My prayers didn’t seem to be answered. I had been so sure God was at work.

Unconditional Love

Then, one day, I had a conversation with the person having trouble to love. He said that during their three weeks together, he realized that even though the other person was not acting the way he wanted him to, he needed to have unconditional love for him. He wanted that person to remain in his life no matter what.

God had taken me out of the picture and given them time with each other. One person made no changes, but the other realized how much he loved him and totally changed the way he related to him. What an amazing answer!

That was the most important time in my life that I had left something in God’s hands that I could not fix myself. That time and many times since God has answered my prayers in ways I could not have imagined. I am no longer surprised but awed.

Does that mean He always chooses to answer? By no means, and that is for another day’s story. But I have seen it often enough to give me the ability to trust the God who sees the big picture when I can’t.