Someone’s prayin’, Lord, kumbaya;
Someone’s prayin’, Lord, kumbaya;
Someone’s prayin’, Lord, kumbaya;
Oh, Lord, kumbaya.

I love to sing Kumbaya!  It is one of those songs that have many made up verses for it created by the leader of those who are singing it.  The verse I have printed today is not part of the original song.  It does fit my topic as I have altered it.  Our Sunday School lesson was focused on prayer and how to come to prayer with faith while at the same time not attempting to control God.  When people we love are sick sometimes are prayers are just that attempts to force God to bring a physical healing when God has another outcome waiting for the person we love.  I won’t attempt to explain why God’s outcome and our desires do not match.  I don’t think there is any universal explanation for that fact.

Everyone in our class agreed they had been in the situation of having to accept God answering prayer differently than they had requested.  Each person though still said they feel God hears prayer and they trust God to do the right thing.

Today in many hospitals and homes people are praying for healing for those they love.  Let us be mindful of their moments of concern and pray for them to accept what God is doing and keep their faith even if they don’t like the way the situation is turning out.