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But God I Prayed for this...

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As human beings, we each have something we desire to have. A goal of achieving a certain career, graduating school, or making an investment. We work had to achieve that goal, and think of any means necessary to accomplish it. As Christians, we go to God with our goals, and pray that God would fill the desires of our heart. But what happens when we finally accomplish that goal? When God blesses us with what we prayed for, do we thank God for the blessing and become content in our portion? Or do we become discontent, thinking that this must not be God's will for my life because things got difficult. Thus, our expectations are not met, and we begin to complain about what we prayed for.  I believe that often, expectations are not met due to the lack of realizing what God has planned for our lives. We pray to God for certain things, but fail to ask Him if it's in His will. We know we want a certain blessing in our lives, but do we really know why we want the blessing. Do we