When the Answer Didn’t Come from Cards, but from Prayer

In the middle of uncertainty, learning to trust.

Prayer is direct speech to God.

No tools needed. No cards, signs, mediums, planets, rituals or spiritual shortcuts. Just turning toward God and praying.

I have noticed that old patterns can come back surprisingly fast when I feel uncertain. The kind where everything should be solved immediately, control should make me feel safe and some tool should give me an answer faster than prayer. Now. Right away. Preferably yesterday.

I had a situation like this very recently. I was doing temporary work and started wondering whether the job would continue or end at the agreed time. Nobody had talked about it yet, and nothing was certain. The uncertainty started pressing on me, and I noticed how badly I wanted an answer immediately.

And then the thought came.

Out of nowhere.

Ask the tarot cards.

Which was ridiculous, considering I could just as well have asked my supervisor.

I do not own a single deck anymore, and I have not used them in a long time. Still, the thought hung around in my mind. I did not want to go back to the old ways, but I wanted an answer right now. In this moment. I recognized that old need to control and to know. Back then, I had tools for that. Now, for a moment, they tried to come back.

So I prayed for strength not to go there. To stay with what I had committed to, even while uncertainty felt heavy. Prayer was not a way to force an answer out of God. It was a way to hand the matter over to Him.

Pretty soon, I noticed the tarot idea faded. I decided to wait.

Honestly, I was also a bit irritated. The thought of praying to God for an answer and then just having to wait felt frustrating. Like, is this it? The answer comes someday, if it comes at all? Probably months from now? God has His own timetable, and sometimes that timetable feels like it was written in another solar system.

Still, I chose prayer. I chose to trust. I went to sleep.

The next day, late in the morning, my supervisor called. She asked if I wanted to continue. She offered to extend the contract.

I honestly could not believe my ears. It was such a clear answer to my prayer, and so fast, that I could not just brush it off.

So, am I continuing?

Yes. Absolutely yes.

That moment strengthened something in me. Prayer has power. Not only because answers may come, but because prayer helps me stay faithful to what I have chosen. It calls me to trust when my mind is looking for control and quick solutions. It helps me not go back to something that once felt safe, but no longer carries me.

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
(Psalm 23:1, KJV)