Prayer ruined my life.

For the past year and a half, I'd been praying for certain things to happen. I'd been praying for God to show me the right thing to do. And over the last several months, I have been on a long road where I was hurt and lied to. I prayed every single day of my life for one thing. And my life has finally been ruined because of it. Now, I don't mean that in a bad way. It's a good thing. As I was sitting at dinner with my friends today, I thought "prayer ruins everything." Everything was falling apart... and now my life is ruined. And well, it's turned out in a way that I never expected it to be. Two years ago, I would've never thought I'd be here. I used to have my life all planned out when I was younger. So, I didn't know what I was getting myself into as I was praying. Prayer is an act of entrusting everything to God. I lost control. By asking God to do His will, every plan that I ever had for my life was being erased and He was creating something better, and He still is... :) So, I was faced with dealing with the consequences of praying to a gracious God who knows exactly what He's doing. And tonight I thought, "how did this all even happen?!" But, looking at the bigger picture of it all... it was exactly what I was praying for and wanting all along. It's what I needed.