Why is it that some people said "pray that it's for the best for you".
Weeell I don't want the best, even if it means Hell, I still would like to have the girl I love. And I was speaking metaphorically, please don't tell me what Hell is.
And God is Loving, Almighty and Kind, should be no problem at all for Him to answer my prayer, right? I just want to be honest in my prayers, in case I'm not, it doesn't hurt if you pray for me and you were honest, and hopefully God would answer your prayer instead.
I'm not really asking for something impossible, when I asked her what she feels about me she just said that her feelings for me are complicated, but yet she still feels good to see me and miss me sometimes. My best bet is she's feeling 50/50 for me, so it can't hurt if I ask the God to outweight that other 50 that loves me, so yeah. He is Almighty and I didn't ask for something impossible, wouldn't be much of a problem.
2007-03-23 11:55:00 · 12 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So, why must you pray "for the best"?
I don't really want the best, if I had to choose between the nicest, cutest, richest girl in the world and her, It would be her straight away, no doubt.
But Elizabeth Hurley is considerable.......nah, just kidding.
Back to the question, why must it be "for the best"?
2007-03-23 11:55:17 · update #1
man lacks the ability to tell perception from reality...that's why people say that.
When you say you woud be willing to suffer through hell in order to get what you want, that is because you assume that your perception of the awesomeness of having her outweighs the negativity of a hellish experience, ACCORDING TO YOUR PERCEPTION.
What you percieve isn't always right though. When someone gives you a big plate of food laced with poison, you probably want the plate of food still, because you don't see the poison.
That's why people pray for what's best according to God's will and not to their own will.
In regard to why God wouldn't just give you everything you want, if it's true that God is all Loving, Kind and Powerful, the answer to that is that God has no desire to prolong your suffering.
Realize this: The state of wanting something is a state of suffering. So long as you seek happiness through pleasure(the fulfillment of wants) you will always suffer, because pleasure always depends on something outside yourself.
When people pray for what is best for you, they're praying for your happiness, whether you like it or not, ha ha! Just think...if you were happy, it wouldn't matter whether you got back with your girlfriend or not.
-Rob
2007-03-23 12:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you make somewhat of a point...what we think is the best might not necessarily be "the best" because really, do we know everything? No. Does God know everything? Yes.
God can't take away her free will or yours...
If I were you, I would probably pray to know what to do about the relationship, what are some things that maybe you need to change for her to love you more...ask for help, ask for comfort, ask for decision making skills... don't ask for God to make her love you because that just won't happen.
Sometimes too, we need to ask for a certain thing, like if you were looking for a new job, you would actually have to go LOOK for a job, God wouldn't just set a job in your lap, you have to do the work and He will give the reward.
Hopefully that made some sense...good luck. Just remember, you can't make anyone love you - just ask God!
2007-03-23 19:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot wish to change someone's feelings for you. It is the way it is. I don't mean to sound harsh, but that is it and you need to deal with the fact that the "Almighty" isn't going to help you out. If he doesn't help the starving, and doesn't put a shelter over the homeless, and doesn't take the guns away from the child soldiers and replace it with a book.. then no, Almighty God is not going to answer your prayers. Because if he answered prayers, i'm sure we wouldn't have half the millions in crappy lives as we do today.
Sorry, but if you want to change her feelings, it is up to you, and nobody else. You can do it without god's help.
2007-03-23 19:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by Kosha Bean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God wants the Best for you....He's not a candy machine where you get to pick the flavor. He doesn't grant wishes like favors. If you just want what you want, what is the point of praying for it? Prayer involves submission to His will. I'm sorry you don't like the answers but life is not fair and sometimes the people we think we want are not what is going to happen no matter what we do.
There is an old saying about if you love someone set them free, if they come back, they are yours and if they don't they never were.
2007-03-23 19:07:54 · answer #4 · answered by Jan P 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the whole story.. but listen If the Lord Jesus doesn't want to give you something then He has someone else who will be right. Remember the Bible says that our hearts are deceitful and wicked and only God knows our heart. Trust me.. if she's not the one that God has chosen, you will suffer with a woman either forever or you will get a divorce, which in some cultures is looked bad upon. Be patient and wait on the Lord. Read Psalm 37:4-5.
2007-03-23 19:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be the best person you can be, and perhaps "Let not man separate what God has Joined>" -Jesus, will be true for you in regard to her.
If you love her, and true love should never even be attempted to cease, then you'll be happiest with what makes her happiest, and she may not know what this is. Otherwise you only love what you want from her, not her for her own sake. First find out how to love for their sake, then help them to find that same beauty in life, and perhaps you'll be friends, or lovers, but in the next world there in no need for bodily pleasure because the bliss of Spiritual reunion is not partial nor restricted to such feeble creature merits.
I speak on this with much experience in regard to your feelings, and I married my longed for, it just took three years, and yes I truly love her, and if she left today, if it was for the best, this would bring great joy, as does being together for the best - there is no distance for the omnipresent Spirit.
God bless.
2007-03-24 03:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by Gravitar or not... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who say "pray that it's for the best for you" are satan's minions trying to lead you from the true path. The bible clearly and unequivocally states that god will answer your prayers. Not that god will give you what's best. Not that god will give you what you need rather than what you ask for. Not that god has any mysterious ways which he uses to decide whether he answers your prayer. The OT god may have been that way but the NT says "ask and it shall be given" in many places and it states this from the mouth of Jesus himself.
So go ahead, pray for what you want (although remember that Ms. Hurley did play the devil, a very tempting devil, in Bedazzled). If you don't get it either the bible is a lie or god doesn't exist. Or both.
2007-03-23 18:58:28 · answer #7 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hmm.. I was gonna answer about prayer and tell you a story illustrating that what we may think of as 'good' may not be.
But I changed my mind. I have a question instead.
If you had a love potion, would you give it to her? Knowing that the love she felt for you was due, not to her true feelings, but magic?
If you had a magic wand and could wave it and she'd be yours, would you? Knowing that she was no longer the person she was seconds ago?
Because in both these cases, wouldn't she actually be different from the girl you love? And while she may not know it you would. And so would God. So wouldn't it be better to allow her to be herself?
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2007-03-23 21:23:09 · answer #8 · answered by Nobody 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because in the end, she might not be the right person to you. It's hard to see that or even consider it when you still have feelings for someone. We don't want there to be anyone else, we feel no one else could measure up. But the truth is, there *might* be someone who is better for you out there. I'm not talking in terms of looks or money. I'm talking in terms of the love they would have for you, the care they would give you, the compatibility. And, you might not be the right person for her.
So that's why I would say "pray that it's for the best for BOTH of you."
2007-03-23 19:12:10 · answer #9 · answered by milomax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God answers prayer but not always according to what we want, because He knows what is best for us.
For I know the plans I have for you says God
Plans for good and not for evil
Plans to give you a future and a hope
Jeremiah 29 v 11
God sees beyond what we see!
He is infinite!
2007-03-23 18:59:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋