Why are some prayers not answered?
Not all prayers are answered. The research noted above shows that prayer definitely makes a difference, yet many of those people did not get answers. This is an age-old question, and I cannot begin to give an answer. Sometimes we would be better off if we did not get an answer to a prayer.A friend told me that he was glad God did not answer his many prayers about certain love relationships that he THOUGHT were the perfect mate. We may learn over the years that we were better off without certain prayers answered. Other times bad things happen to good people. We cannot fathom how a loving God would let such things happen. My belief is that God does not make bad things happen, but he is there to help us through the experience. As a loving human parent you may punish your children and redirect them, but you don t wish harm on them because they disobeyed you. And you certainly don t deliberately hurt them because you are disappointed or angry with them. If harm does come, even if it happene
