Praying selfish prayers
OR
Not praying at all
OR
"Lord, I'm sorry my prayers are so selfish. Amen"
Monday, September 25, 2006
Which is the worst?
Praying selfish prayers
OR
Not praying at all
OR
"Lord, I'm sorry my prayers are so selfish. Amen"
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5 comments:
It depends ;)
personally the second one is the worst.
Oh, I almost wrote, "praying selfish thoughts is definitely worse" then I paused over what is a selfish thought. If I pray for peace in my soul (in order to be a better servant, honestly), is that a selfish thought? It is about self, yes .... but self in relation to others. If there is no prayer, there is no chance for relationship, so I now say no prayer is worse.
My truth hurts question:
Which is worse ... telling the truth that might hurt someone's feelings (or possibly sever a friendship) or saying nothing - sparing the feelings/friendship, but possibly hurting someone's life?
Elle, depends on? :)
MOFW, you're in the majority here..
Joan, true, there is no chance of a relationship if there is no prayer, but what kind of relationship is it when a person is just voicing out her own wants and demands as if God is an optional variable?
I suppose saying nothing is worse, but how does a person judge that the person's life will be severely hurt if we keep quiet? It requires such a cocksure personality.
(Hmm, I am in a very `but' mood...sorry.)
Eric, I like your example. So if I go from 9,995 selfish thoughts and 5 selfless ones to 1 enlightened selfish thought (as in the last example), will that be progress or regress?
I like the way Eric thinks (and you too). Could be that we don't know the difference between a selfish prayer and a non-selfish one since we never know for sure how God plans to use us.
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