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5. I have a difficult time with prayer.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 06:31 PM

Sep 2014

I used to pray for God to give me strength to get through things, you know, grit your teeth. "Thy will be done" and all that. Then a priest pointed out, why hunker down to accept God's will? If he is all-good and loves us infinitely, his will is nothing to accept like a dog getting beaten with a stick. It's something to embrace with a glad heart. So, nowadays, my prayer consists of remembering that, feeling his presence, and waiting for the good. I can't even pray for something anymore, even strength. That's for the best. God's not a vending machine.

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Do you get something out of prayer? Do you feel better after you pray? [View all] hrmjustin Sep 2014 OP

In my view, there is nowhere that God is not. Htom Sirveaux Sep 2014 #1

That's a good summation of the Native American view. okasha Sep 2014 #2

It's also a perfectly orthodox Christian view Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #3

I've been hoping to hear more about your beliefs and practices, Htom Sirveaux Sep 2014 #8

That is a greatway of looking st things. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #4

I have a difficult time with prayer. rug Sep 2014 #5

get off your butt and move it. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #6

I bet that's not from Leviticus. rug Sep 2014 #7

No, it's from the book of Nezemiah, 3:17 Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #9