God and Google Join Hands?

Haha. Ok I'm just being funny. But, remember how I said prayers can be answered in any way? I was so used to prayers being answered in a dream, but the last 2 days I didn't have any dreams.

All be it that the last few days I haven't had many questions either - more a sense of peace. However, yesterday a question came and hit me in the face. A question I realized I have had for over a week but didn't realize it.

I spent all day thinking about it. Stressing about it. You know what? I never even had the chance to pray on it. Apparently God can also hears you when you are not "praying" (go figure). Well, last night JUST before bed at about 3 AM, I had a random desire to turn to Google.

I took my question to Google and there-in lay my scholarly answer! I checked 7 sites which discussed the very question on my mind - 6 of them had a very analytical answer and agreed one way. 1 of the sites had a more emotional and biased answer the other way.

For me, that was enough - my question had (in many ways) been answered!

Not yet, had I ever turned to Google for a spiritual answer. In many ways it still makes no sense to me to ever do that. Actually for many questions, Google is the worst place to go. However, in this sense it made sense and God showed me that.

He (God) understands how I learn. He knows the arguments my mind would place. He understands what factors carry weight in my mind. Perhaps he figured an appearance through a dream for this question would not be enough, so he gave me a more analytical answer through Google?

An answer the "scholar" within can not argue. I have zero arguments or doubts now regarding the answer. I'll admit now that when my answer comes through a dream, I have a tendency to doubt it. I question my own motives, my own sub-conscious.

God saw that and chose a different path for this question. Truly amazing. It's like I said before, God answers in any way and many ways. The key is not whether he is answering, the key is whether you're HEARING his answer.

What I learned yesterday was, you need not always have to PRAY for an answer. After all, he lives within us, he knows what troubles us. If you're listening, he may answer you before you even get the chance to pray.