sidelined posted:
I am curious as to the converse situation in which one prays for everything to go alright and depite this the outcome is a shambles.
Is the prayer to blame? Is it that you weren't sincere enough? Perhaps God was vexed, or you prayed for personal help rather than for anothers and were thus refused? God answers all prayers sometimes the answer is no?
This seems to lead us back toward one of my favorite "pat" answers: "The Lord works in mysterious ways."