IMO, people get confused between god and santa claus. People pray in hopes of getting gifts somehow. It doesn't work like that, instead we live our lives and face all kinds of challenges, if someone does something bad and seems to make gains or escape punishment, that never means that person is being blessed by God you know. Believe me, that person will have that on their life file for eternity, especially if they don't make amends, eternity is a long time.

God is there for us to help us through our challenges but it is in a more spiritual way. We become more blessed as we open our mind, and become more spiritual in spite of the challenges that is put in our life path.

It's been taught that material things require a lot of caretaking, even can drain us on a spiritual level. The truth is that there are many people who have amassed a lot of material things, even wealth, however often many of these people are still deeply struggling on a spiritual level.

When people allow themselves to get trapped into some kind of competition over who owns more material things and who has more wealth, they are allowing themselves to lose spirituality. People who instead maintain their spirituality first, have a much better quality of life overall. And that is why we pray and open our hearts to God, because in so doing, we open ourselves up to developing healthier spirituality. As we do that, we can begin to see new doors open where other doors have been closed.

Brancile, I have had a lot of bad things happen to me in my life too. I have been a lost soul many times, but the one thing that did help me was prayer, and doing my best to maintain my spirituality and faith in God. It was not always easy either but as I look back, I don't think I would have managed without it.

((Hugs))
OE