Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation

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So I'm sitting in my bed, right? And I'm thinking about how prayers are answered.  I'm supposed to be studying about covenants, but my mind is wandering.  I think about the many times I've prayed to my Heavenly Father and begged, sobbed, pleaded for something to happen, for someone to do something, or for my heart to change.  I think about the times I've gotten answers to those prayers in one form or another and realize that almost never have they come instantaneously, but rather they were answered after I put myself in a position where others could be the answer.  I have gotten so many answers through sacrament meeting talks, stake conference talks, late night roommate talks, mommy and daddy talks, seeing other people interact in the homework lab, listening to a professor, etc... So many prayers have been answered through other people, so naturally I wouldn't have been able to get that answer on my knees with no one around.  There are of course many other ways I've received answers as well, and with those too I must exert myself to placing tools to get answers in front of me, i.e. reading conference talks, studying scripture, asking questions, connecting the dots...etc.

With this realization, I came to a conclusion about happiness.  If I know that my prayers are answered through other people a good portion of the time, why should I get frustrated and discouraged when I feel I'm not getting answers to my prayers?  I know the answer will come, so why not simply be happy during the time between my prayer and my answer?  The Lord isn't answering my prayer immediately not because He wants to torture me, but rather because the opportune moment has not arrived.  Obviously I should keep searching it out and pondering, but as long as I'm putting myself in positions where the Lord can speak to me, then I can be happy know He loves me enough to give me answers when they'll benefit me most.

So I'm confident knowing that the answers will come, and in the mean time, I'm gonna praise my Lord for loving me enough to answer. (And guess what? Praising God=happiness!)


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