A Prayer When You Don’t Really Get a Vote | Your Daily Prayer
It hurts not to be heard.
Especially when you have experience.
Especially when you care deeply.
Especially when the decision affects you personally.
Being dismissed can make us want to speak louder, defend ourselves more forcefully, or keep arguing until someone finally recognizes the value of our perspective.
Sometimes that is appropriate.
There are situations where truth must be spoken, injustice must be addressed, boundaries must be defended, or wise counsel must be offered.
But there are other moments when our desire to be heard begins blending with our desire to control.
That is where humility becomes difficult.
We may be right about part of the situation and still not be the person who gets the final say.
We may offer good advice and still watch someone choose differently.
We may explain ourselves clearly and still be misunderstood.
Those moments reveal how deeply we depend upon control for peace.
Joseph understood what it meant to have almost no control over the direction of his life.
His brothers sold him.
Potiphar’s wife falsely accused him.
Prison authorities determined his circumstances.
Again and again, other people made decisions that changed his life.
Yet those decisions never removed God from the story.
Originally published August 20, 2026.
