Well, guess what? I have too. It also seems to me, that it's right at this point that God says, "Wake up and look up!! Your not gonna find me with your head down." Or, maybe your talkin to someone that feels that way. And suddenly you find yourself talking about the bible. And you start to remember passages in the scriptures that seem to be relevant to their situation. Well, I know I have. I was talking with my sister the other day. She is at the point of divorce from her husband. She called me for advice. I told her, "Sis, we can talk if ya want, but my best advice is to talk to God, cause I have no idea how to tell ya to deal with it or how to make anything any better." Well she starts telling me how bad things are, and the things that have happened in their relationship that have brought them to the point of divorce. And just when I thought God was done using me, and that he didn't care…… BAM!!! It hit me. And I said to my sister, " I know you've been praying for Steve to get saved. And for your family to stay together. Well, were you both saved when ya got married? She said no. I told her that maybe Steve wasn't the one that she was supposed to marry." Of course, she started crying, cause she loves him. I also told her, that I knew things really stunk right now. But maybe God has a plan for it all. And that the important thing is that she keeps teaching her kids about Christ and keeps taking them to church." As she talked, she kept mentioning people that were praying for her family and for Steve in particular. I also mentioned to her that I was praying for her, and a church in Berry Ky, and one in Guam were also.So I presented the idea to her, what if she was only a seed planter for Steve. Which I know she has done plenty of times. Letting him know about Christ whether he wanted to hear it or not. And I mentioned, " What if this had never happened? "There would be , just from the people she mentioned and the ones I've asked to pray, about 550 not reaching to the Lord. Suddenly what seemed to be a problem that she was stuck dealing with on her own. Is now being lifted up to God almighty by over 500 people. That makes over 500 lives that God at least has a small part in because of it. Also, what if the divorce does happen. And years down the road, Steve is saved. ………And then maybe his wife and his kids if he has any more….. Plus, lets not forget my sisters kids that she is still raising in Christ. And how many lives do all of these people touch. And how many of those lives will see the sincerity in their faces when they see them pray for my sisters family and their situation? How many souls will be saved out of it all?Might be 1,2, or even thousands. By this time, my sister is just crying out loud. Saying Praise you Jesus. She's crying, and at this point, I start to break also. Realizing that not only was God revealing why we don't always get what we want to her, but to me also. Simply because he's not out to just save one or two people. But as many as will come unto him. And that when we think our prayers are bouncing off the ceiling, that he's probably working on more people than we can count because of the prayer that we asked of him. Brings back the memory of a message that I heard, retold by a couple other folks. The message had to do with how when it looks like God's plan is all messed up, He's got everything under control. We are selfish narrow minded people and most of the time we are so wrapped up in our selves that we miss the big picture. Not something we can help. We're just human. Beautiful part is, God made us, so he knows this. Ok, it goes something like this. " Most of us, has a grandma, mom, or aunt that like to crochet, embroider things. Whether it be a sweater, blanket, or whatever. Mine was my grandma. She always crocheted Afghans....For those of you who don't know what this is. It's little squares that are knitted from yarn. Then the little squares are sown together with more yarn. They use a hoop of wood called a quilter's hoop. You pull the fabric over this hoop and it stretches it out tight so you can see the design clearly. From the bottom all you see is thread hanging everywhere and knots all over the place. Anyway, when I was a kid, my grandma would make these. I'd be sitting on the floor watching. Looked like a big mess. Similar to my room when I was a kid. Things that I'd get a whipping for. Might sound silly now. But if you've ever seen this done,especially when you were a child, you'd have to agree that while your sitting on the floor looking up at it , it looks pretty much like something the dog or cat tore up. Then, when ya stand up and look at it from the top,it all makes sense. You realize that it is beautiful and that the whole time it looked like a mess from the bottom, Grandma knew exactly what she was doing. She was making something beautiful and even though I sat there thinking she was crazy to spend so much time making such a mess, she had it all under control. Ya might be thinking is this guy is comparing Gods will to something sown together by an old lady? YEP. Its that simple. We just make it too hard. See, the truth is, we are narrow minded and self centered. We are just so busy being wrapped up in our "woe is me" mentality, and in thinking that if things don't go just the way WE think they should, that we forget to realize that we aren't the only one on the planet that God cares about. And that ,in one way shape or form, we are all connected by Christ!! The common thread in what would otherwise be a pitiful existence. See, we worry about the here and now. Which isn't always a bad thing. But, when Christ died, he didn't die just for me. Or just for you. He died for Sergei in Russia. He died for Ying Sang in China. For, Esperanza in Brazil. Inga in Switzerland. Tommy in Arkansas. Every person that you do, or don't know. Every single one of us. Folks, we are in the billions when it comes to population on this planet. And although its rough to wait and we get impatient and ticked off when we don't think God hears us the fact is, he has a much larger plan going on. He gave his only Son, Jesus to die for everyones sins. So that no one HAS to go to hell. So that if when I get to judgement day, and my life is shown and judged and the whole world sees all of the bad stuff I've done like, smoking pot, drinking. cussing. Absolute hateful thoughts. Gossiping.Witchcraft.The Occult. You name it. And when I'm asked, Why should you be let to enter into heaven? I know what I'm gonna say, " Because if you'll look back at the beginning of the tape, you'll see that Christ died for me. And in January of 1997, I asked him to forgive me of my sins. So all of that bad stuff............Thank You Jesus......it's doesn't exist anymore.Jesus took it from me and paid for it on the cross and I don't need to pay for it anymore. Praise you Jesus. Praise you Praise you Praise you.