Katie's prayer: Plus One's "God is in this Place"

And He knows your soul
And He knows your heart
Knows everything you are

I hear the above lines (or something similar to them) all the time. Every time I’ve heard them in the past, I dislike them. If God knows my heart and knows my soul and knows what my prayer is before I pray it, then why the heck are some of my prayers not getting answered. Ok, not getting answered in the way that I want. I know my heart too, and I know what my heart wants, so why isn’t that happening?

As I was praying about this tonight, I realized something... maybe God knows my heart better than I know my heart. Maybe God knows, better than I do, what I really need. Maybe that’s not having my prayers answered the way I want. I feel like I come across this realization often, but I keep forgetting about it. Tonight was another gentle reminder that sometimes what I want isn’t what God knows I need. Maybe I should start praying that my wants would disappear and I would begin to want what God knows I need.