moving mountains

Baylee: "Mom, how did the mountains get there? Did they grow?"

Me: "God put them there."

Baylee: "But can he move them?"

Me: "The Bible says that if we have faith as small as a mustard seed we can move mountains. So yes, God can move them."

Baylee: "What does that mean?"

Me: "It means that God answers our prayers."

Baylee: Silence....

Baylee: "How come they didn't move?"

Me: "What do you mean?"

Baylee: "I prayed that they would move, and they didn't."

Me: "God does things for a purpose. There isn't really a purpose for him to move the mountains."

Landon: "God doesn't answer my prayers either."

Me: "What are you talking about?"

Landon: "Remember in Three Lakes, when we got lots of snow. I got stuck in the snow, and I prayed for God to get me out, and he didn't."

Me: "You got out, didn't you?"

Landon: "Yes, but you helped me out, not God."

WOW!

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Do we see God answer our prayers, even it isn't the way we expected him to?