Infinity Health & Wellness Magazine December / January 2017 | Page 5
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by Wayne Holmes
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–Jane Phillips
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A song by Garth Brooks titled “Unanswered
Prayers” reminds us that sometimes we pray for
things and the answer appears to be “No.” As time
goes by and we see the way things could have been
had our prayers been answered, we can smile and
say with Garth, “I thank God, for unanswered
prayers.”
–Liz Loring
Educator, Life Coach & Group Facilitator
Truth is, The Divine answers prayers, and sometimes
we are grateful when The Divine says “No,” or “Not
now,” or one of my personal favorites, “I’ve got
a better idea.” If The Divine created us, then no
one knows us better. Not only are our compulsive
wants and desires known to The Divine, but also
our deepest wants, needs, and highest ambitions.
One request we need to include in our prayers is
this, “Divine Spirit, show me what I want — what
I truly want — and grant that request.”
We can be assured that this is a safe prayer, because
at the heart of all of God’s children — and for
some it is buried way down deep — is the desire
to love and be loved, to extend love to everyone
we meet, and to be accepted for who and what we
are without judgment. Divine Spirit; answer the
deepest desires of our hearts — to be like You.
About the Author: Pastor Wayne Holmes is an
ordained minister with Divinity Spiritual Church
and also Revelation Spiritual Church.
He is the co-founder of Religious Recovery, an
organization dedicated to healing wounds inflicted
by religion or the religious. He is not opposed to
religion, but he sees the hurts and endeavors to
help.
Wayne is the author of seven books including his
latest title, Every Path Leads Home: Open