Apart from That, I’m Doing Fine! (standard:humor, 904 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 06 2016	Views/Reads: 1967/1281	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Prayer is not meaningless gibberish, but faith-focused asking.

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He looked at his watch and then looked at the grocery store entrance
again, but I continued to pretend I did not see it. 

“My day hasn't gone very well,” I complained to him, “I just seem to be
late for everything. I missed my appointment at the doctor this morning 
and I'm not sure when I'm going to get back to see that doctor.” 

I could see he was getting very nervous and borderline agitated. He
tried to interrupt me, but I pretended I did not notice. 

“I don't know what I'm gonna do with my car. There's a big noise
rattling in the engine and I'm not sure if I should take it in or what 
I should do with it.” 

“Well,” he said rather anxiously, “I gotta get into the store.” With
that, he briskly walked away muttering. 

I am sure he talked about that all they long to his friends. He probably
thought I was crazy. Sometimes it is good to be crazy. After all, he is 
the one that asked me how I was. If he did not want to know how I was, 
why did he ask me how I was? 

I chuckled to myself and then I got thinking about my prayer life. I
wonder how many times I do that in my prayer life. I pray about 
something, but I really am not that interested in it. 

I wonder if Jesus had this in mind when he said, “And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive” 
(Matthew 21:22). 

Prayer is not meaningless gibberish, but faith-focused asking. 


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