Garth Brooks

I was listening to my awesome Garth Brooks station on Pandora this morning and the song "Unanswered Prayers" came on . I started thinking, this is a great song! Not just because I like Garth Brooks but because of what its saying. "Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers". We really should do this more often. I should do this more often. There are times in our lives where we pray for something, sometimes praying very hard, and we just can't understand why its not coming. We are absolutely sure that we need that one thing, or that one blessing. When in reality God knows us better. He really is the only one who knows what we "need". So the next time you're frustrated that God hasn't answered your prayer, try and remember he knows you best and maybe, just maybe, there's something better around the corner.

                                                      "Unanswered Prayers"

Just the other night at a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
In her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered

Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers