Too little, too late from God

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Thank you. That much is appreciated. I guess you could say I’m grateful for that at least.
 
Oops, forgot to mentione there is cathc, you have to pray for me to 😀
 
Just trust. Just keep praying, going to Mass, Confession, use Holy Water, reading Scripture, fasting helps…do what you can to cultivate that relationship with Jesus. And it’s ok to say, “Jesus, I don’t know what You’re doing here and I have to admit, I don’t like it but I love You and I trust You. Please give me the grace to love You more and trust You more.” Surrender. Really surrender to God’s love and mercy and will. You’re going to be ok. It’s all going to be ok. And someday, it’ll all make sense.
 
Just sharing what helped me…daily rosary, chaplet of Divine Mercy and deliverance prayers. But how you cultivate your prayer life is up to you. Just keep praying.
 
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but I highly doubt that that’s going to happen.
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You’ve already decided that God is not going to answer your prayers. We must have faith - unwavering faith that God will answer our prayers according to His will. This doesn’t mean an immediate yes or no, but maybe a not now or something even better at a later date. I remember praying for something I thought to be an impossible situation. I couldn’t even begin to think what I thought the best outcome would be. I gave the entire situation to God and prayed for His will. He provided a way so much better than I could have dreamed - and it took several months to culminate. I still marvel at all the obstacles that were overcome. He is ever faithful.
 
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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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Your faith is monumental, and you were persecuted for it, as Christ warned we would be if we follow Him. That would stop some folks, maybe most folks, in their tracks, but you persevered in your faith. Kudos to you! You have my sincere admiration.
 
Recently, I was reading Hebrews. The scripture below helped me personally. I think it is very relevant to what you are asking…Hebrews 11:13
All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,
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I like this one. Inherent in being a Christian is accepting you’re always a foreigner on earth in the sense that you’re not going to get an ideal life, but you’re at peace with that.

I don’t read into Hebrews that it is saying “Here is your opiate”. I read something very different. I read Hebrews as saying “Play the long game, and make peace with the present…”

As for “too little too late”, part of being Christian is a dramatic perspective change from that.
 
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MarkoB0726 said:
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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There is an essential problem with the proposition that something given by God can be too little, too late. That is because God gives the initial grace needed for conversion, which is a supernatural gift, and nothing else can surpass a supernatural gift. One does not exist to have a wonderful material life but to gain eternal life in glory, if one freely cooperates.
 
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I think God answers prayers in a way that helps us find eternal salvation.

This is better than any temporary fix that we might desire here on Earth for the next few years.

I have found giving thanks is beneficial rather than asking.
 
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