Dear God,
I like it when prayer is conversation, a completely open conversation with all walls broken, and no ulterior motives. Sometimes (or, in my case, every prayer for the past 16 years) prayer is a petition, but sometimes it's just a nice tea-time-esque chat.
My mother has lately been praying with a group of other people (I was already judging her) for the country. They would assign each other a number of states, and then they would start. This is all very noble of course, this caring for all states of the country. But I hate it so much. This kind of prayer is not conversation. This kind of prayer is fake. My mother researches prayer points, jots them down in a little notebook, and prays according to these points. I'm ashamed of this kind of forced righteous behavior. I don't think it is right to force something as pure as prayer. If you care about someone, or something, you would automatically pray for them/it, you can't force yourself to pray!!
So there is that problem with forced self-righteousness...
Cheers.
I like it when prayer is conversation, a completely open conversation with all walls broken, and no ulterior motives. Sometimes (or, in my case, every prayer for the past 16 years) prayer is a petition, but sometimes it's just a nice tea-time-esque chat.
My mother has lately been praying with a group of other people (I was already judging her) for the country. They would assign each other a number of states, and then they would start. This is all very noble of course, this caring for all states of the country. But I hate it so much. This kind of prayer is not conversation. This kind of prayer is fake. My mother researches prayer points, jots them down in a little notebook, and prays according to these points. I'm ashamed of this kind of forced righteous behavior. I don't think it is right to force something as pure as prayer. If you care about someone, or something, you would automatically pray for them/it, you can't force yourself to pray!!
So there is that problem with forced self-righteousness...
Cheers.
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