Why some prayers are not answered

The following question was printed in the Catholic News:
Question:
Our 26-year old daughter died a year ago after a 15-month bout with oral cancer. I really believed in the power of prayer. My confessor urged me to pray without ceasing, which I did. She was also included in lots of prayer chains. But she never had any good news. When it became evident she would die, I stopped praying. Since then I can't pray for anything because I don't think it will do any good. Can you please tell me why I should pray?

My Answer
Many of us are perplexed why God did not answer their fervent sincere prayers.

The ANSWER is actually very simple. God answer all your prayers that are prayed according to His will.

If your prayers are not according to His will, then sometimes He answers, but mostly, He does not answer.

Jesus knew what His mission on Earth is - to die on the cross as a sacrifice for man's sins. But being human, he agonised over this mission that He was to suffer. So He prayed and plead "Father if Thou are willing, remove this cup from Me..." He knew that this request is NOT according to God's will. So He added "Yet not My will, but Thine will be done." (Luk 22:42)

The second part of his prayer was answered, that is, God's will was done.

Hence, why did God not answer prayers for safety, for healing from deadly illnesses, for the impending deadly tornado to vanish? It's because such prayers are not according to God's will. God's will does not interfere with the natural order of things on Earth.

Follow Your Heart ....

THE SOLDIER
Horror gripped the heart of a World War-I soldier, as he saw his lifelong friend fell in battle. The soldier asked his Lieutenant if he could go out to bring his fallen comrade back.
"You can go," said the Lieutenant "but don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away."
The Lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously, he managed to reach his friend, hoisted him onto his shoulder and brought him back to their company's trench.
The officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded."
"It was worth it, Sir," said the soldier.
"What do you mean by worth it?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead."
"Yes Sir," the soldier answered, "but it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive. And I had the satisfaction of hearing him say.... "Jim...I knew you'd come."


REFLECTION
Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how you look at it. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things. Fhe way to love anything is to realise its worth and that it might be lost. Also, relationships are like crystals, you dont realize how much it's worth until it breaks.

Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do, so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life!!


(This posting is copied from www.tankinlian.blogspot.com)

Amateurish Winning Strategy at the Casino

I don't gamble. But one day I would like to visit the 2 Integrated Resort locations to see for myself what are the new attractions there. I will not pay $100 to enter the casinos though.

My neighbour told me that his brother went to the Sentosa Casino twice already. On both occasions, he won a few hundred dollars, even after contributing $100 at the entrance each time.

The strategy sounds simple.
1. Don't be too quick to bet.
2. Walk round the tables and observe.
3. Identify a gambler who always win.
4. Follow that gambler in his choice of betting
5. Don't be greedy. Get out after making a few hundred dollars.

Well, with this strategy, I think the chances of winning "all the time" is still very slim. I won't border to try. But please let me know if this strategy works.

Making friends in your office

"If you are polite and courteous, you will enjoy the friendship of many people. Exchange greetings with many, but take advice from only one person out of a thousand. When you make friends, don't be too quick to trust them; make sure that they have proved themselves. Some people will be your friends only when it is convenient for them, but they won't stand by you in trouble. Others will fall out with you over some argument, and then embarrass you by letting everyone know about it (gossip gossip). Others will sit at your table as long as things are going well; they will stick to you like your shadow and give orders to your servants, but they will not stand by you in trouble. It your situation takes a turn for the worse, they will turn against you, and you won't be able to find them anywhere..."

Guess where this "quotation" is taken from? (See the comments)