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Don't ya just love when God sends you a message that is so completely obvious you can't possibly miss it?  Like when you are in church and the pastor says EXACTLY what you were needing to hear at that very moment.  Or when you are talking to friends and just out of the blue one of them says something that is perfect for a situation you may be dealing with and your friend didn't even know.  This has happened to me several times recently.  One of those things happened just today.  Ironically, it's completely related to this subject too!   I know it's great when God gives us these obvious answers to what is plaguing us...but what about when God gives us the answers we don't want to hear.  You know the ones where we ask and ask and then tell him what WE want and in return we get the same answer over and over and it was NOT the answer we were wanting.  God just keeps giving it to us again and again.  We fight it and fight it.  We try every other possible solution, only to end up right back where we started.  It's a lot like when our own kids are wanting something from us and we tell them "sure, after you do your chores".  They do everything they can think of to get what they want EXCEPT their chores.  It's not really getting them anywhere.  Just like it doesn't get us anywhere.  Of course, just like we expect nothing else from our kids, God expects nothing else from us.  We are his children after all.  We do the same stuff relating to him that our children do when relating to us.  We always wonder why our kids don't just do it right the first time.  Why don't they just do what they are asked the first time?  Why don't we?  We are all human.  We all have our flaws and problems.  At the same time, though, we need to remember He is our Father.  He wants us to listen to him just as we want our kids to listen to us.  He tells us the same thing over and over because He is the Lord of ALL!  He knows FAR more than we know.  He's our Lord and our savior and our ever present help in times of trouble.  He is right there with us where ever we go.  He wants us to be still and know that HE is God.  He will be exalted among the nations and in the earth.  Psalm 46 tells us over and over how he takes care of us and assures us that the God of Jacob is our God and is with us.  All we need to do is listen to Him.