disconnection

It seems to me that Satan is the master of frustration. Frustrating my prayer life...frustrating the answers to prayers...and making sure that there is a disconnect between my faith and prayer to God and the answer. If he can succeed in frustrating that...even with an eventual answer to prayer...it will be hard to make the connection between my prayer and God's answer. Even though that MUST happen to complete the FAITH cycle (believe, pray, praise, receive...) and even though Satan can not keep God from doing what God desires, my focus can not be on the frustration, but on God...and once the answer comes, to make the connection between my faith and prayer...and God's answer to the prayer. I MUST make that connection...(no matter how long it takes for the answer to come)...so that Satan is not successful in keeping me from seeing God move in my life. I believe that is the reason so many believers get discouraged is that they allow the enemy to frustrate them..to hinder their answered prayer...and disconnect the faith and prayer...from the blessing. Then, they feel like God does not care, has not answered their prayer...and they get discouraged. Lord, help me to make the connection between my faith in you...my prayers to you...and the outcome of answered prayer in my life.

It seems to me...

Some random thoughts while I contemplate why I am in pain...
1. God's purpose is more important than my timing...that's the way he works...and we seem to think God is a 'clock watcher' waiting for the right 'moment' to come through...but instead he is a purpose planner...and when His purpose is to be fulfilled, then the timing is right. We get it backwards...need to change focus from 'timing' to 'purpose'.
2. All around me are people in various stages of pain, storms, some looking into eternity very, very soon...and one day everyone...including me...will not remember the pain, the storm, the moment we prepare to enter eternity...instead...once we see His face, all that stuff will seem so....nothing.....
3. I am so thankful for a wonderful family...a wife who a get crazier about every day...my children (all adults now)....who make me so, so, so (can I say that enough....)so proud. Friends that would drop everything for me...wow...am I blessed....