When God Says No

I always believe in divine connections. When God opens doors for opportunities in a person's life. Like knowing at the right time  the opening for a job, passing an exam one did not study for; or just meeting a person who would trust you with capital etc.

I must admit, it has been a tough time for my company this past two years. Every time i solve one problem, a problem pops up and at an astounding probability. The probability of tragedies striking my company at one period render me to a point of speechless. If i were extremely religious person I would say this is a test of my faith, or if I am one pessimistic person I would say I would have been cursed or punished. Of course another probability is what if this is a "no" from God and I am simply too stubborn to see it. I have always been a take charge person and hates to to give up, but the turn of events and the timing of challenges  is so astounding that makes me one think of a bigger force beyond me. Maybe God has answered my prayers but not in a version I expected to see, or this is  glaring re-direction on my part.Whatever happens, I trust God knows what is good for me.

There was a time I was talking with my Mother about praying novenas again. I reminded her that I grew up watching her pray to Our Lady of Perpetual Help or Nazareno of Quiapo every time she had a major crisis in her life, and noticed since Dad died she stopped doing it. I reminded her how her prayers were coincidentally answered.  How she prayed for a daughter and got me (Though we joked if it was really Mother Mary who sent me...), how she prayed to God that Dad to regain focus and how she prayed to God to have a negative results from a cancer test etc.

I am not a prayerful person but I do know that major breakthroughs in my life were divine connections.I know it was not pure luck, it was a divine hand leading me to where I am. The times i just a got a job or a break without looking for it, or passing an exam that I did not prepare myself for, or meeting a person that helped my company grow. This are not just pure effort on my part but divine connections. I just hope in light of the challenges I am facing, I can understand and see the bigger picture in the future and trust God that he knows what is good for me, much more than I do.