Said, "No."

Nobody likes to be told, "No." You don't, and neither do I. Remember when you were still a child and you wanted to do something very badly, and your parents said, "No."? Remember how you acted? Uhm-m hmm-m and remember how relieved you felt when something unfavorable came to light, and you were so thankful that your parents had not allowed you to go to a certain event or participate in such-and-such? If you think about it, I imagine that there were several times in your life that your parent's intuition had proven to be right when it came to something that you wanted to do. In the latter part of your teenage years, you probably had become resigned when you asked to go someplace or to do something, and they said, "No,"  to such an extent that you did not throw a fit as rapidly as you used to. (I know you probably did like most of us did back then and thought that you would be glad to go to college or get your own place because nobody could tell you what to do then.) But, all in all, you had learned to trust your parents as if they had some inner radar for sticky situations where you were concerned.

So

We have learned to trust our parents, but not God? Well, yes, those are some strident words, but I believe that they hold some merit, for some of us, anyway. Here is why I said what I did. When we pray for something, and it does not happen, we have been given one of three answers, which are, "Yes, no or wait a while."  How long is a while? It might be soon or not so soon. It means that we have to live, work, and carry on with our daily lives. If a thing is meant to happen, it will. If it is not God's will, then it will never happen, and we must learn to live with that. Look at things like this:

If it is meant to be, it will be

And if it is not meant to be

We just have to take it personally

And think, "God said no because

He knows what is best for me."

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And remember, our parents, in their limited vision, told us, "No," and we still respect them today. How much more does God, who sees the total picture big and small, deserve our obeisance and subjection?

So, if you did not get an affirmative answer to your prayer, you cannot justify yourself by being angry because you, the thing created, cannot chastise the Creator, the Master Planner. (Job 38, and Philippians 1:6) If He did not answer your prayer in the affirmative, trust Him and keep stepping.