What are you really asking for?

What are you really asking for?

It had been busy at work and I didn't like the early starts so I was beginning to dread work. In a brief 'frustrated and tired' moment I asked Mum if she could pray that I don't get called into work.
Mum shook her head and said "I'm not gonna do that!"
In the back of my mind I knew that I should have known better.
I got called in to work anyway!
The next day Mum gave me a cut out which she had got out of the paper which read,

Often you don't have what you need in life, because you do not ask God. Then when you do ask, you don't receive because you ask with wrong motives, totally focused on yourself.
James 4:2-3

I think sometimes we need to look at the bigger picture and think about what's really important.
How about thanking God for blessing me with work and a wonderful family! Or even asking God to teach me how to pray!
Sometimes when I'm frustrated with work or even with God I look for this verse and it helps me reassess what is really important and what it is I really need.

Sometimes it helps to write out a list of all the things you need and want in order to put things into perspective.

I still have that cut out pinned to a cork board in my room. It gives me a little reminder every time I look at it, its like God pointing his finger down at me saying 'Alice, you know better!' hahaha.

With all the love in the world,
Alice