We pray to God for help. Help does not come. We pray more, harder, longer for the exact same self-determined objective. It does not come. We pray more, harder, etc., with the same result...nada.
The problem is we are continuing to view the problem through the eye of our reasoning mind. We resist God by deciding in our own minds how, what, when and to what extent we want our answer.
When we perceive a need in our life (which is usually a want masquerading as a need), a most helpful lesson to learn takes courage to do the first few times, but it is invaluable: Imagine the worst possible result in re our perceived need, then thank God for that worst possible case without qualifying in any way.
This for sure does not guarantee we'll then get our wish granted. What it does is it relieves the burning feeling of need...which is really just anxiety that we won't get what we want when we want it. Our mind is being opened, our consciousness raised, to receive God's will, whatever it may be. We are learning to seek first the kingdom of Heaven.
We enter the kingdom of Heaven by changing our consciousness from a material sense of life to the spiritual awareness of life, from a material sense of religion to a spiritual sense of religion, and from a material sense of supply to a spiritual sense of supply. (Italicized portion from Joel Goldsmith, "The Heart of Mysticism" at p. 1207.)
The kingdom of Heaven, the pearl beyond price.
Thank you.
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