03/29/2026 – “I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:56 / Comments below
“Prayer sometimes tarrieth, like a petitioner at the gate, until the King cometh forth to fill her bosom with the blessings which she seeketh. The Lord, when he hath given great faith, has been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered his servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky. They have knocked at the golden gate, but it has remained immovable, as though it were rusted upon its hinges. Like Jeremiah, they have cried, “Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.” Thus have true saints continued long in patient waiting without reply, not because their prayers were not vehement, nor because they were unaccepted, but because it so pleased him who is a Sovereign, and who gives according to his own pleasure. If it pleases him to bid our patience exercise itself, shall he not do as he wills with his own! Beggars must not be choosers either as to time, place, or form. But we must be careful not to take delays in prayer for denials: God’s long-dated bills will be punctually honoured; we must not suffer Satan to shake our confidence in the God of truth by pointing to our unanswered prayers. Unanswered petitions are not unheard. God keeps a file for our prayers–they are not blown away by the wind, they are treasured in the King’s archives. This is a registry in the court of heaven wherein every prayer is recorded. Tried believer, thy Lord hath a tear-bottle in which the costly drops of sacred grief are put away, and a book in which thy holy groanings are numbered. By and by, thy suit shall prevail. Canst thou not be content to wait a little? Will not thy Lord’s time be better than thy time? By and by he will comfortably appear, to thy soul’s joy, and make thee put away the sackcloth and ashes of long waiting, and put on the scarlet and fine linen of full fruition.”
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SolI Deo Gloria!
Read the Bible verses below. Over and over again, it says, God answers all prayers that aren’t offered up inappropriately. i.e. – I want to win the lottery tomorrow! So, do we really believe what we say we believe is really true?
Take heart, for God answers all prayers in perfect timing. How can this be? At the bottom line: He is God, and I am not. The LORD has a perfect track record. Some prophecies have yet to be fulfilled, the 2nd coming for example, but the prophecies of Jesus’ incarnation, death on the cross and resurrection were fulfilled, thousands of years later in some cases. Another duh! – God is holy, God does not lie! I shouldn’t need proof but it is clearly there if we are praying and studying His Word! By God’s grace, I don’t have nearly enough faith to be an atheist!
So is it hard? Of course it is, it seems never-ending, so we have an opportunity to trust and obey through the present pain, thereby giving glory to God and secondarily confounding the Devil and his minions. See #12 bible verse: 12. Psalm 50:15 – “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” (link below – “12 verses”)
How awesome is that!
How long is the longest and worst suffering ever lived? Ok, let’s say 100 years is the longest possible life. Heaven is forever!; thereby it is infinite. So our horrific suffering here can be quantified mathematically (*A – below). So, the suffering in this world is the limit approaching zero divided by infinity minus the length of the suffering. That then would be the limit -0- divided by infinity, for infinity minus any number is infinity in the denominator. The answer is therefore -0-!
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Query : what mathematician discovered limits and calculus?
Answer:
“Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz independently developed calculus in the late 17th century, with the concept of limits being a foundational aspect of this mathematical discipline. Their work laid the groundwork for modern calculus, which includes the study of limits, continuity, derivatives, and integrals….”
To the side, Isaac Newton actually wrote more on theology and his Christian faith than he did mathematics. Just saying…