Last Night They Were Fighting Over The Remote, I Didn't Know If I Should Be Crying or Laughing

Faith is one of those wonderful things, that sadly doesn't come with an owners manual. Making it more complex is that one person's faith is not always the same as someone else's.

So when you're asked "how come when I pray every night and it doesn't get better, why God doesn't hear me." What makes this question all the more powerful is when you see tears welling in the perfect face of the concerned child.

The most complex aspect of prayer to accept, is that God does hear what you're saying. He hears your prayers, he feels the pain in your heart and he understands the frustration, confusion and overall anxiety associated with being human. This level of understanding is made easier when you're omnipresent. Being God, has its perks.

When you're so concerned and so focused in prayer, God's love is recognized by your soul. Working through faith your heart and mind are galvanized to make sure that you have the power to change and improve the offending conditions.

Each of us at times are called to help end  hunger, injustice, pain and sorrow. Some of us are so gifted in our faith that working to permanently eliminate shortcomings in the human condition becomes our life's work. The Shriners hospital, Mother Teresa and Rev. King's crusade for civil rights are the result of answering a call to service.

In a smaller way, each of us has the ability to smile, share and help each other. Saying please, thank you and you're welcome cost nothing but have lasting and permanent effect on the way you live your life.

Wanting to your parents to love each other, to see each other in the way you see them, is so natural and so beautiful; it is the essence and divine innocence of childhood. There is no room in any family for behavior which compromises or erodes the perfect understanding that, “Mommy and daddy love each other and are the most powerful people in the world”.

The reality is not a tragedy.  Parents to different degrees fail to live up to the standard of perfection. This is a byproduct of being human. Being human is not an excuse, being human is an exercise in trying to achieve perfection. Trying to achieve perfection is a more polite way of saying, “Fail”.

Every prayer is answered when your heart is touched and you feel the power to reflect God's love. The things that affect you the most, the things you are denied or never found; are the things you are most likely to bring to others.  In doing this... you answer other people's prayers, sometimes before that are even offered.