Prayer is perhaps our ultimate connection with God. We pray with a thankful heart for our blessings. We pray with a giving heart for ways to help others. There are those prayers of petition for our wants and needs. Later, we grumble believing God hasn't answered these requests. Upon closer inspection, we may find the fault lies within us: we have not seized the opportunities God has placed before us for that desire to be fulfilled.

Based on a personal experience and Isaiah 64:8: "Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."