Unanswered Prayers

I was enjoying some Social Media Time recently.  Reading, commenting, liking, sharing, all the usual.

My comments weren’t always appearing onscreen.

When I’d scroll back through the screen or revisit a friend’s wall, some of my comments had vanished.

Who was doing this?  Who was following me and deleting my words?  How was this even possible?  And, why?!

Then I noticed the problem.

Nobody was doing anything like following and deleting.  That wouldn’t have been necessary.

Because I’d frequently forgotten to hit the Enter key.  All my words simply vanished as I moved on to something else.

Sounds like my prayer life sometimes.

The New Testament  has a summary of the problem: “You have not, because you ask not.”  (James 4:2).

Maybe we don’t get prayers answered because we don’t really believe God will answer our prayers.

We ask half-heartedly.

We forget to Enter.