Too little, too late from God

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Just wondering if anyone has ever experienced God coming through for them, or answering their prayers but they still felt like ‘too little, too late’.

I can’t help but think that if God were to answer my prayers for certain areas of my life it would still be too little, too late, if at all. I mean, I’d feel different if I woke up tomorrow and found my prayers answered, but I highly doubt that that’s going to happen.

Anyways, just curious to hear what others have to say.
 
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I can’t help but think that if God were to answer my prayers for certain areas of my life it would still be too little, too late, if at all. I mean, I’d feel different if I woke up tomorrow and found my prayers answered, but I highly doubt that that’s going to happen.
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How do you know it won’t happen? And even if it doesn’t, don’t you think God knows best?
 
I guess I don’t know. Honestly, it’s the latter scenario you mentioned that scares me…I’d just have a hard time accepting what God thought was best for me. In some ways, I probably already do.
 
Well… Marriage comes to mind for me. If you had told me at 17, that I would not marry until 39, I would have told you that it was a terrible or even a cruel plan. I would’ve been totally disappointed in God, and i would have felt that it clearly was too late, if not too little. And yet that is what happened. And I am just blown away by how blessed I am, and how great it has worked out.

Here’s the thing. God loves you more than you love the idea of a happy life. He’s insanely crazy about you. He really does want your best. His idea of best may be very different from yours, but that’s the uncertainty we all have to live with as we entrust our lives to Him.
 
My opinion is that God doesn’t owe me answered prayers. The blessings he has already provided to me are way more than a lowly person like me deserves. The fact that he has answered so many of my prayers, not in the way I originally asked him to but in ways that over time showed themselves to be better, just confirms that he is indeed a most loving and merciful Father.
YMMV, but I’m sure if you look at your life, really look, you too will see many blessings from God, even if you didn’t get everything you asked for or didn’t get it right when you wanted it.
 
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Yeah, in a way. But I have to remind myself (and it was a tough lesson to learn) that God knows better than we do. We THINK we know what we need for happiness. God KNOWS what we need for eternal happiness. That whole ‘surrender and trust’ thing? It’s important. We tend to think God is pretty cool when He’s doing everything we want Him to do. But that’s not how it’s supposed to work, is it? We are to serve Him. We are to obey Him. He doesn’t owe us anything. Everything He does for us is out of His mercy and love. His ways are above our ways. Think of a 2 year old and a parent. The 2 year old might think it’d be pretty cool to go play in the middle of the street. The parent won’t let him and the 2 year old gets mad. That’s us with God. In 10 years, you’ll look back and thank God for working things out the way He did. If you turn your life over to God and invite Him into your life, don’t get upset when He starts making some changes. Just hang on for the ride and don’t lose faith. God knows what He’s doing.
 
Actually, I have.

And I also remembered a folk tale I read when I was a kid—the upshot was a genie in a bottle who waited so long to be rescued that his emotions were so warped he wanted to kill the person who finally rescued him .(because he “should” have been rescued sooner.

But in either case, it’s normal to be sad and mad when we don’t get our prayers answered the way we want, but feeding negative emotions harms us, too.
You need to find a way to make peace with the possibility that you might not get your prayer answered the way you hope.
 
I once had a seemingly perfect earthly life. Good job, sweet little baby, wife. Tons of money. Tiny bit of fame and human adulation. Then, one night, God sent me a series of visions. Very Bad Stuff was gonna go down. Divorce. Car crash, for which I would be prosecuted for the express reason of stating my faith and devotion to God
More. It all came true. 100 percent.

Lost everything and everyone, two big businesses, wife bailed with my little angel. Spent 5 yrs in a super scary state hospital. Completely abandoned. Severely mentally ill.

I was seeking closeness with God. I found it. Lost absolutely everything but Him in the process. He works in very powerful ways. So just be aware. His path for us is sometimes not one we would ever choose. It is important to be ready when the moment comes. We never know. Much love in Christ.
 
God doesn’t owe us anything. We must pray ‘grant us Lord what you will, as much as you will, when you will’.
 
But that’s the thing. What if I absolutely hate some of his changes or what he wants for me?
 
Sorry to hear you went through all that. It sounds pretty terrible. I hope you found some peace after all that.
 
I have peace in knowing that when the moment of truth came, I spoke it proudly, knowing full well it was going to severely harm my case. I chose God over me. That is what I believe Jesus asked of us. He never said it was going to be BMWs and trips to my villa in St. Barts. Being a soldier for Christ means sacrifice. And I am totally on board. You can have St. Barts. I’ll take Jesus. Every freaking time.
 
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But that’s the thing. What if I absolutely hate some of his changes or what he wants for me?
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Unfortunately, that is a reality. Very often following God means a LOT of sacrifices. There are some very blessed people who totally trusted God and ended up with things they never could have imagined and can honestly from experience say ;‘God really did know best’

Sadly, there are also a lot of people who just don’t see what God is doing for them through no fault of their own. Some people are called to suffer tremendously and not know why. It is not easy. The only thing I can recommend is to really take it one day at a time and try and find something no matter how little it is to be grateful for
 
Right now I seem to be more in the latter camp. And as much as I’ve tried to be grateful for things, I find my heart is getting harder and harder.
 
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areas of my life it would still be too little, too late, if at all
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I often felt this way when I was younger. Or at least I thought about it and feared those thoughts. Now I pray without the expectation of intervention and trust that whatever comes my way is what I need at that moment, regardless of how much I dislike it. A great deal of the time it’s entirely up to any actions I take or do not take that determines the various outcomes.
 
I suppose that’s one way to look at it though I don’t think I’ll be able to see it from that perspective for a while.
 
I wouldn’t expect anyone to, my friend. This is a very personal journey we’re all on and we each become comfortable with aspects of things that may be unique to us. 🙂
 
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Right now I seem to be more in the latter camp. And as much as I’ve tried to be grateful for things, I find my heart is getting harder and harder.
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Yes, it does sound like you don’t see God in your life. My heart bleeds for you because I can relate. And personally I find there isn’t much patience for people like you and me even in Catholic groups. I could say a lot of the same old same old such as ‘Don’t give up’ and "trust in the Lord’ but Frankly, I think that would be annoying at best.

I can offer sincere prayers and hope things change sooner rather than later
 
Yeah I suppose that much is true. I just really don’t like how the journey has turned out for me so far. And I can’t see it getting much better despite my best efforts.
 
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