Faint...
A song to personify my disposition: Don't Stay (Linkin Park)
Recent events have led me to think about prayer. More specifically, how and what do we pray when something tragic happens to us:
Do we pray that God will make things better?
What's the point of that? God is sovreign, all things happen by His will, so whatever happens is up to His deciding anyway, you have no say.
Do we ask God why it happened?
Who are we to question what God does? Can you argue the validity of His actions? No, I don't think so.
Can we ask what we did to deserve it?
Who is without sin? We've all done something do deserve worse than whatever we're going through.
Do we ask Him to comfort us?
Isn't prayer suppose to bring comfort? But how can you find comfort in prayer if you don't even know what to pray for?
So at a time when we need Him the most, we don't even know what to say or ask for.
Great.
But then meditating on Christ's saving work on the cross, our own pin prick of pain pales in comparison.
Sorry God. And thanks.
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.
Ecc 5:2
