Ever feel like when you pray, God must not hear them, because nothing seems to change?

Well, it has seemed to be that way in my life allot lately.

That doesn’t mean that God isn't listening, or He doesn’t hear our prayers, most of the time, there is so much more going on behind the scenes. Things that must happen before our prayers can be answered.

When times get hard, we have to remember to keep faith and trust God to help us get through the hard times.

Many times in my life, I am reminded of Job.

A man in the bible who loved and worshiped God greatly.

Even when he lost everything, his family, his servants, his animals and even his health, every day he would kneel down to thank God.

Yes, thank God. though he was going through so much pain and suffering in his life, he still thanked God!

Hearing that story makes me realized that my life is so much better then that, yet I am so easily angered when things go wrong! Why?

I have my health, I have my family and a home, what more do I need?
Sure, there are my earthly needs, but we’ll never have all of those!

When Job lost everything, he still worshiped God, yet when I simply loose something, I find myself getting upset with God for not telling me where it is.

I can be so easily angered to God, thinking He is the cause of the problems in my life, when actually, I am!

I cause any and all problems in my life. If something bad happens, why do I blame God instead of myself? Surely I am the one that lost that item, not God, right?

Then why do I get mad at God, saying “Why will you not show me where that item is lost? Help me find it! I know that you know where it is, not help me!” instead of saying “Why am I so careless, why did I loose that?”

We all know that when we are going through hard times in our life, we are more likely to blame God. But when we are having a good day, and things seem to be going our way, we are thanking Him?

If we have a good day, it's because we have set our minds on having a good day. We have a cheerful attitude and a joyful heart, so there for, we have a good day.

I try to live happily everyday, but it can be very hard!

Trying not to snap at siblings or parents is hard. Thanking God and admitting my mistakes instead of blaming Him.

Admit when I have been wrong with my parents or siblings, and get rid of my prideful spirit.

Once we have all learned that God is not the cause for misery in our life, we can learn to ask His help, instead of demanding it, and we can learn to have patience with Him, cause one thing I know for sure, He definitely has allot of patience with us!