my genie in a bottle

Today i was asked the question, "if you had a genie and was granted three wishes, what would you wish for?" Automatically, many wonderful things popped into my head. things like a huge house, or a nice car, and other things. Even after the subject was dropped and we had moved on to other topics, i continued to think about exactly what i would wish for. i began to combine all the movies and stories i had seen and heard about gift granting. i remembered that in most cases the wish can go wrong. For instance, in the classic Disney movie, Aladdin, when Aladdin realizes he cant force the princess to love him (even though she already does), and in turn he wishes to be a prince. Instead of impressing her, he turns her off to him. other examples can be seen in many other stories but i think my point is gotten. i continued to think hard. if i wished for a big house, then id have to pay for it and clean it all by myself. if i was the most popular person in school then no body would leave me alone and id probably be subjected to rumors and all that nasty stuff. i could wish to always be happy, but even that has its downfalls. to always be happy means to never grieve with you loved ones when nessecery, or sympathies with a friend when need be. in the end you would lose the emotional conection with the people that matter to you.

and then it hit me. i do have a genie. one that always answers my wishes and desires. my genie doesnt matter how many wishes i ask for and he never lets them go wrong. He knows whats best for me even when i dont.

I can ask God for anything. And when i dont recieve it, i know that it wouldve gone wrong. My God wants to give me everything i want and need and He doesnt care how many things i ask for. He wants us to ask Him for things. Just like any other father, He loves to spoil His children. when i was younger i used to sulk and pout when i didnt get what i wanted, but now when i dont, i just sit back and think about how i couldve gone wrong if i had gotten it and i thank God for protecting me from that. even in the moments that i didnt count it as a blessing, like in times of a loss in the family, i just sit back and look at how close God allowed me and my family to grow. We may not see it as a blessing at the time but God truly does work in awesome ways to build and strengthen our lives.

i have full confidence that God wants to better my life, and that by asking Him to, i give Him permission to do that. Whenever i ask Him for something, sometimes i can feel the smile from Him as He says 'no'. so i just sit back and think about all the ways it couldve gone wrong. then thank my genie for looking out for me.