Bidden: luistert God wel?

Elke avond voor ik ga slapen, bid ik. Dan denk ik aan alle goede dingen van die dag en tel mijn zegeningen. Sommige mensen noemen bidden meditatie, anderen zien het als een gesprek met God.

Voor countryzanger Brad Paisley is het dat laatste, en in dit prachtige lied, zingt hij dat je altijd antwoord krijgt van God. Maar misschien niet altijd het antwoord dat jij wenste!

Luister en geniet! Je vindt de video onderaan deze post.

En vertel daarna: bid jij? En hoe vaak? Wat betekent bidden voor jou?

Brad Paisley, No

On my fifth birthday, I got so upset,
About the brand new bike, that I didn't get.
I'd prayed my heart out, and it didn't seem fair,
I told my grandpa, I guess God doesn't care,
And he just smiled, and said my child,

Make no mistake, every prayer you pray,
Gets answered, even though,
Sometimes, the answer is no.

Five years later, out behind the shed,
With a stolen pack of grandpa's cigarettes,
I struck a match, and held that first one to my lips,
And prayed to God please let me get away with this,
And through the smokey air, I saw grandpa standing there.

Make no mistake, every prayer you pray,
Gets answered, even though,
Sometimes, the answer is no.

When I think of all the answers in my
life, I would have to say,
there's no doubt it was always for the best,
When I didn't get my way.

Grandpa got older, like grandpas do,
His health was failing, and I guess I knew,
It'd be best if he was called on home,
But selfishly I prayed that God
would keep him hanging on,
And when he passed away, in my mind I heard him say.

Make no mistake, every prayer you pray,
Gets answered, even though,
Sometimes, the answer is no.

Sometimes, the answer, Is no.