One of the
hardest things in life is watching someone experience such a difficult challenge that good intentions of a dinner, a phone call, or a note seem insignificant in comparison to the desert they are
facing. Even prayer somehow feels woefully inadequate.
Recently, during a recent Bible Study, we talked about this very topic of answered
and unanswered prayer. As we shared our stories and read the reflection on how
unanswered prayer can be a testament to our faith, I was reminded of the
following quote from the musical, Hamilton:
“A legacy is planting seeds in a garden you don’t get to see.” While this quote
refers to the legacy Alexander Hamilton wanted to leave our young country, I
realized that replacing the word ‘legacy’ with ‘prayer’ reminds us how every
prayer is a seed, planted with faith and watered with hope, while we wait to see
what it grows into.
But just as
there are many answers to prayer and many ways for that seed to develop.
It can blossom the way you envisioned, or bloom into something entirely
different, or take root in ways you never thought possible. The key is remembering
that the seed always turns into something, whether we get to see it or not.
There is so
much we don’t understand about prayer, but if we acknowledge that God’s ways
are not our ways, but are infinitely more imaginative and always perfect, then
we also need to remember there is no such thing as unanswered prayer.
We may not always
see the fruits of our prayer seeds, but we are still standing in a garden.
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