(a 3 minute read) Dave and Scott are sitting shooting the breeze. They both have plenty time to sit and talk as they are both presently unemployed. Life has been tough and jobs continue to be scarce. Scott is sharing with Dave what’s been happening lately.

Scott recalled his son asking him for a new pair of shoes. “I am about to be able to touch my socks through the sole of my shoes dad. Anyway I can get a new pair of shoes?”

“You know how it feels Dave to be helpless and unable to provide for your son?” Scott had a pleading look on his face as he said that. “Then last night, as we all are having dinner, the power goes out”, then Scott continued with a clinched jaw, “I knew this is coming, but when it actually happens, it just stabs you in the gut”. Scott shook his head and had a faint smile as he said, “I hope someday sooner than later this whole thing will be behind us.”

Dave sat there listening to Scott. Although Dave did not contribute to the conversation, Scott said, “Thanks Dave for listening, it just makes me feel so much better sharing these things with a friend.” Dave smiled and said, “What are friends for? It feels great to know that I can give you solace just by listening.”

The next morning, Scott visited another friend Jeremy, who owned a manufacturing plant. Scott pretty much told Jeremy the exact same accounts that he told Dave the night before. This time though, Scott knowing that Jeremy can change his present situation, he requested that Jeremy would look into providing him employment. Jeremy stated that he cannot promise anything, and that he will get in touch with Scott if something turned up.

Scott left and did not hear from Jeremy for two days. These two days were full of anxiety. Scott was not sure if his request will be granted. He thought to himself, “Jeremy has known of my unemployment, and he knows of my qualifications. He would have offered me a job without me asking if he had one.”  Scott felt the awkwardness of the situation.

Scott pondered to himself, “Man, I told Dave the same stories and it brought me peace just to vent it out, and Dave felt good as he was there for me. Then I told the same stories to Jeremy, and it has placed me and him in an awkward situation. It’s like he loves me, he loves me not, when really it’s not about that.”

You see, it is the same for you and me. When we pray presenting requests that we fully know that our Creator knows of, then it’s like we are asking for the course of what is to come, to change, while we fully know that what is to come has been fully determined and written way in advance. Therefore, let our prayer not be any sort of requests, rather a friend sitting with a friend venting out. The story is the same, but the delivery is way way different. Let your time with the Creator bring you PEACE and brings our Lord pleasure.