A Mistake I Might Be Making in Prayer?

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@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 5, 2017 11:51am CST
I'm pretty-sure I'm not "actually" making this mistake, but ... who knows (what evil lurks ... in-the hearts of men ) I was watching http://www.daystar.com/shows/charles-capps/ a re-broadcast of one of Rev. Charles Capps' Bible-discussions, and he mentioned that some people pray wrong! praying for one thing & -keep on praying for that thing (and nothing else) until God grants it. Reminded me that--years ago--I prayed that God give me a wife. I'm in an 'unworthy' position ... one from which I can't 'spend time with anyone' (taking them out on dates, etc.) long enough to 'get to know each other' substantially enough to marry them; so I guess 'asking God to give me a wife' was the same way he gave Eve to Adam Now, I don't really think that--since God hasn't given me such a wife--that must mean "God hates me" or "God is not as powerful as Christians think he is" or "God must not exist"; but then, why aren't I married? I asked him once; what's taking so long?
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@aninditasen (15719)
• Raurkela, India
6 Aug 17
You aren't unworthy just because your job is such that you can't get anyone time. Choose someone who accepts this situation.
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6 Aug 17
Sure, it's a picture of American life IN THE NINETEEN-FIFTIES, but it's pretty-close to 'what we're taught to aim-for' http://weburbanist.com/2009/08/14/the-golden-age-of-advertising/
What, are you saying I should just 'message some person (maybe one of http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Putnam-City-High-School/4182709122 my old classmates)' and just tell them "I choose you. Accept my situation, give-up whatever you're doing & come be my slave!"? If you think that's possibly the right thing to do, you're probably not familiar with the culture of America. We all know the "mythical" idea of 'immigrating here & slowly building a huge fortune from "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps" (which is literally impossible to do ... an idiom illustrating something else that's 'impossible to do'---improving your situation using nothing but your own efforts). But we uphold it anyway---maybe with the slight change James Joyce used when he mentioned that the successful people in his book Ulysses "climbed up the ladder of success" making use of 'their own bootstraps.' American children (metaphorically) 'hang onto their parents' bootstraps' until they're strong enough to 'climb the ladder' themselves and climb up to a steady place on the ladder---where they keep steady until their children are strong enough to climb ... an-so-on. If someone is not busy 'climbing the ladder of success,' they are not seen as "worthy of being a spouse" (as God said when planning to make Eve for Adam, "I will create a helper for him, a mate most-suitable for him").
@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
5 Aug 17
I am asking him the same thing in prayer. I am being patient and waiting. Maybe my next significant other needs to go through a few things before he finds his way to me. Not sure, but I am here when he is ready for me.
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