Do you believe in prayer, do you pray often, do you consider prayer similar to meditation? Do you feel weak if you pray, do you pray publicly or keep it private?
This has always been a struggle of mine. I am married to someone who survives on morning, midday, nightly and anytime prayer, hence why I stick close to him.
As you know we moved from New Hampshire, the second most spiritual dark state in the US, next to Vermont. I grew up with many religions in my life from Methodist, Lutheran, Judaism, Catholicism, Mormonism, and non-denominational Christianity. We have always had morning and night prayers with our family. Friends that came over were included as well if they wanted to, many did to see what this was all about. This is not a knock on any religion or beliefs, lets get that out there!
I have been thinking, when people and yourself say to others that are struggling or have need "I will pray for you" do you do it, or do you say it because you think you should and it is easy to say?
Kurt, Sophia, and I are totally involved in the Christian culture here. Kurt works for the Christian Unified School district, Sophia goes to that school and I work across the street at a Christian College. To say it is a culture shock is an understatement for me at least.
We have prayer in the mornings with our coworkers and Sophia with her classmates. We all discuss who needs prayers and how we can include them in our thoughts. I must look like a fish out of water in these times. Don't get me wrong, it is great, but I am a private person in this aspect. My life is usually an open book but when it comes to my spirituality it is mine and mine alone. Maybe because of past situations and being questioned or removed from what I thought I should have believed. Anyways, this is just a different environment then anything I have been involved in and probably most of you as well.
So back to my original question, do you really pray for someone when you say you will or post on social media that you will? I just hear this a lot now a days and wonder if they really mean it and if they really are doing it.
I know in our home we do pray for many of you daily. Sometimes I have to cough or fidget a bit to have Kurt cut the prayer down a bit with all the names he is busting out with. Totally disrespectful I know. Just know that when we say we will pray for you we do and I hope you do too.
Just random thoughts today...
1 comment:
I almost never say I will pray for someone and opt for "my thoughts are with you...." instead. Mostly because I have never really been someone who prays, so that seems disingenuous to say. But I do follow through on thinking about people, even though I am unsure whether that is meaningful in any real way. I often wish I had a sense of faith that you and I seem to have strongly.
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