Does God do take-backs?

Have you ever found yourself regretting a prayer request?

Say you (hypothetically speaking) have been asking God to really use the next few months to draw you close to Him. You might know that with a newborn comes a season of decreasing bible reading/study so you really want to glean a lot from the pre-baby time. You also may have asked for an increase in patience and endurance.

Then you find yourself facing:

• a very unreasonable toddler (is there any other kind though?)
• a big change in your husband's job - that brings about a plethora of changes for you, his not-such-a-fan-of-change wife
• a hail storm that comes with the unexpected blessing of a new roof and a host of other home repairs. In theory, this is great, especially for the budget that was anticipating many of those repairs anyway, but in reality it is leaving you in a bit of a time/budget crunch since you want to get it all done before baby/winter arrives and now have to make lots and lots of decisions while still suffering from decision burnout from the kitchen remodel

First you might try clarifying your prayer to indicate that you really just meant that you would like a friend to pass along a great book or bible study suggestion. When that doesn't work, you just want to take back the whole request altogether. Patience - I've got plenty. Perseverance? No more of that needed down here God!

No, never done that? Me neither.