| | Something that I've been thinking about an awful lot lately, mostly because I work at a Christian camp and I hear it an awful lot, but when people say: "Please keep that in prayer" or "I'll be praying for you." or "Lift it up in prayer", it really irritates me.
It bugs me for a couple of reasons. First of all, what if we didn't pray about it, whatever it may be. Does that mean God's not going to hear it? Or know about it? Does that mean he's not going to work His magic or whatever he does when we pray about things? If we lift things to God in prayer, does that make them more special than issues that don't come forward?
If God really has a plan for everything, does it matter if we ask for things in prayer? He already knows whats going to happen.
If this is true, The only thing we can really ask for is peace of mind. That we may be able to accept and obey God's plan for us. Past, present and future.
In my struggle with religion, and Christianity...I've come up with more questions than resolutions to anything. Truthfully, I think that is the way it should be. Faith should be unresolved, that's how faith can stay alive. That's how I can be constantly searching for new ideas, expanding my believes, and that's how God becomes more known.
"Quit asking God to bless what you're doing.
Get involved in what God
is doing - it's already blessed"
~ from Bono's address at the Nat'l
Prayer Breakfast in 2006
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| | Posted 9/14/2007 5:25 PM - 15 Views - 2 eProps - 2 comments
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