For those who still beleive in a God

Kool Jo

For those who still beleive in a God...does He answer prayers or does He choose who to answer?

Julia Orwell

I don't know. I believe in something divine, but I'm not sure what it is.

StAnn

KJ, I always get my prayers answered. Sometimes I only realize it in hindsight, which is not ideal.

tec

I'm not sure that is really an either/or question.

Can He not answer prayers AND choose who to answer?

But yes, He does answer prayers.

Peace,

tammy

humbled

I believe in the one who is Good, as Jesus said once. I believe there is that Good One because I have had very difficult problems resolved in answer to prayer.

The first time I really prayed with intention,I was 24 tears old. I kinda believed in God but without any fervor at all. But I needed help so I began to ask for him to help me. Eventually I realized that my biggest problem was to be spiritually healed. But I had conditions to be met.I didn't get answers from God during that time.

In a few years I was more desperate. So I began what became a campaign. Later I told my kids I was hammering on God's toes. Intensely for weeks.

I could never have imagined nor engineered the events that broke me apart and healed my soul or spirit (pick what you like).

As a result I have struggled on from that time wanting to live in a good relationship to that Goodness. Unfortunately I kept going to Church and getting in trouble along the way.

I don't pray so formally. Yet I have had some wonderful answers to prayer that again let me know the power and presence of that One. But also--I have had HORRENDOUS thing go on for which I cannot even frame a request, even an idea of a remedy.

I ask for the capacity to love and the ability to act, to DO when I need to. And to wait when I should do that.

My husband doesn't pray and frankly is impatient with all things to do with "God-talk".Because God did NOT answer his prayers for proof of His existence at a critical time in my husband's life, he believes no longer that there is a God.

So what should I make of that? I do not know--yet.

Diest

I had a good conversation with my friend about this. She grew up in the south, and was very poor. She would take the church bus to church on sunday and sit in sunday school. She was a smart 8 year old and would ask how they could melt the gold for the golden calf if they were in the desert. They told her how much God looked after her and how Jesus cared about her. She remembered thinking, Jesus didnt care that I have not eaten for the 3 days. No animocity, just a very mater of fact thought from a 8 year old girl.

My life was never so tough, but when I prayed I cant think of a time that I got an answer.

yadda yadda 2

Answering prayers is intervention in individual human affairs. Since God doesn't intervene to prevent wickedness and horrific suffering of the innocent, such as children, who may also pray to him, he would be an immoral monster to not to intervene to help those ones while intervening to answer the the prayers of millions of smug Christians.

End of story.

transhuman68

The Serenity Prayer seems to work- does that count?

For those who still beleive in a God

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