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      THE ONLY PRAYERS THAT GOD CANNOT ANSWER
                                 George Malik Al-Mahdi

Just recently, a 90 year old blacksmith was honored in Charleston,
South Carolina. Over the course of his life, his trademark iron fences,
with their unique design and charm, have made him somewhat of a local
legend.

It's highly suspected that Mr.?????? is the descendants of slaves from
Mali. Before the fall of the great Mali Empire, traders noted the great
skill many Mali craftsmen had for artistic skill in ironworking. For
this reason, slaves from Mali were especially valuable as commodities to
be sold in the United States.

Upon reading about a question someone asked Mr.?????? about his faith,
he replied that he spent a "minute or two" each morning in prayer.
After that, he replied that it's "time to get up off your knees and
hustle."

Therein lies the reason for Mr.??????s blessings. The only prayers
Allah won't, and CAN'T oblidge are prayers uttered for answers that are
around or within us.

Put yourself in God's shoes for a second. If someone late for work said
one day, "God, please tie one shoe while I tie the other, I'm late",
and he answered that prayer, would this make the individual a more or
less productive person? Pretty soon, this same person would be praying
for God to tie both shoes, pull up their pants, comb their hair, and
brush their teeth. In the end, they'd just wake-up in the morning and say
"God, get me dressed please, and drive to work slowly, I have a
hangover."

When I was about 19, I got into some trouble out in the streets one
night. Things settled in a day or two. However, I went to sleep one night
and was literally "scared straight."

I dreamed that I was in a packed prison (like so many other friends and
family are today). I went to a mirror to shave, and what I saw made me
jump up out of my sleep. I looked into the mirror, and looking back at
me was my face with a few new additions; bruises, wrinkles, bloodshot
eyes, and a head full of grayish-white hair.

I jumped up out of my sleep. I got out of my sweaty bed and looked in
the mirror to be sure I had only dreamed that I was an elderly,
prison-worn man.

So, what did I do next, you may ask? I prayed (occasionally), in the
past. That night, however, I prayed, not only because I was terrified of
falling asleep again, but I promised to do what Mr.????? says that he
did all his life. (Who knows, maybe my roots are in Mali also.)

Anyway, the next day, I after a brief prayer, I got off my behind, and
I begin to investigate the costs, difficulty, goals, etc. that could be
accomplish by attending a small technical college close by. It took
two years to actually sign up, but I did. More importantly, I haven't
looked back since.

So, in if there's any moral to this passage it's this: Allah will only
do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. If we aren't fully equipped
to do for ourselves, there's no excuse not to try. The Holy Quran says
that "if we take one step towards God, God will take two steps in our
direction."

People who need help will get a helping hand from God only when they
initiate the action of helping themselves first. Those who wait for
blessings to come falling from the sky will live a life ripe with
frustration, shortcoming, failure, and depression.

What a great friend we have in Allah if we understand not only WHO he
helps, and gives wisdom, but why he does so.

Thanks kindly for reading these few words.