tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190064520141500485.post2733784065737884872..comments2023-07-26T04:20:20.358-07:00Comments on Saint Cynic: Prayer: Letters Chiefly From EdAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771674447306246398noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190064520141500485.post-90713536196655572752009-12-21T15:24:43.065-08:002009-12-21T15:24:43.065-08:00greaterd trapped latency uneconomic permittee hone...greaterd trapped latency uneconomic permittee honey hydrogen dwayne exportation achilles attain <br />semelokertes marchimunduiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190064520141500485.post-38830227463228637912009-05-11T00:15:00.000-07:002009-05-11T00:15:00.000-07:00J.,
"I was thinking, tonight, that prayer is like...J.,<br /><br /><B>"I was thinking, tonight, that prayer is like the Yukon River. It's far-reaching; we know that. On the surface, it looks like you could swim in it, but just underneath the calm-looking surface lies a powerful undertow. Most of us underestimate the power of prayer because of what we don't see.<br />Prayer is warfare as well as relationship."</B>I have to just say this: wow! Thank you for that analogy, J. What a salient image to use to describe the nature of prayer. Thank you for such a sweet, and insightful understanding. <br /><br />I have much to think about now.Kane Augustushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365182037573315451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190064520141500485.post-19034460856894620352009-05-11T00:06:00.000-07:002009-05-11T00:06:00.000-07:00I was thinking, tonight, that prayer is like the Y...I was thinking, tonight, that prayer is like the Yukon River. It's far-reaching; we know that. On the surface, it looks like you could swim in it, but just underneath the calm-looking surface lies a powerful undertow. Most of us underestimate the power of prayer because of what we don't see.<br />Prayer is warfare as well as relationship.<br />JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190064520141500485.post-12042074969795405632009-05-10T20:53:00.000-07:002009-05-10T20:53:00.000-07:00I love what Ed has to say about prayer.
I think I ...I love what Ed has to say about prayer.<br />I think I understand his "cold and calculated" remark, although those words may be too strong.<br />If you are praying simply as a formula to get what you desire, that may be cold and calculated.<br />But if you have making your requests known to the Father as part of a natural, ongoing relationship (the way children request things of a loving father or a loving mother), than that is a prayer of relationship -- not formulaic and not cold and calculated at all.<br />Yes, prayer does change our hearts.<br />Yes, prayer affects God and eternity.<br />But, beyond these two things, what is a relationship if it is not living and breathing. God is not some eternal vending machine where we put in what we think is required to get what we desire.<br />When I pray, I understand the meaning of "deep calling unto deep".<br />He desires a relationship. We are created for relationship.<br />Prayer is like the oxygen that fans sparks into a flame. Without it, that relationship would die. Perhaps then it would be nothing but cold and calculated requests.<br />It would be like speaking to someone only when you have to or when you need something from them, rather than communicating in-between.<br />Their would no longer be a friendship. It would be more like a casual acquaintance. <br />It is possible to move from friendship to a casual acquaintance and it is an empty feeling.<br />If you have had a depth of relationship, you understand what is necessary to keep that alive.<br />Prayer keeps that alive. <br />Having said all that, my thoughts about what prayer is have changed. It has broadened.<br />A whisper, a thought, a song, a spontaneous praise, meditation, a poem, a painting ... <br />JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com