ANSWERED PRAYERS!

I'm Thinking, I'm Thinking!

Today I am thinking about prayer and its power. In a monologue George Carlin makes fun of religions of all faiths thinking God responds to individual prayers, let alone God deciding who's side he's on in a war. God is always on "our side", whoever "our side" is.

I believe in God. Why? My first understanding beyond Sunday School teachings and blind faith came from the Catholic priest who gave me my catechism. He said that how else can you explain the Universe at its most basic level. Black Holes? Where did the Black Holes come from? A God, I believe, is man's attempt to explain the unexplainable. Gods from one culture to the next come in a variety of forms, but all represent a superior power.

In reality, man is an infant in comprehending the infinity of the universe. We tend to think of God and the universe in the context of man. Even aliens take on human features, eyes, ears arms etc. We know that man does not even use the resources it has in the brain to the fullest capacity. We don't really understand if psychics are real or frauds. Probably some of both. What about esp? What about fate itself? Mysteries far beyond the human mind.

What about prayers? If God may not have time to oversee all prayers, how do prayers often seem to be answered. My answer is that God has given each power within ourselves to answer our own prayers.

Pastor Miles McPherson of the Rock Church in San Diego told of how he got the building to house his church. The Naval Training Center in San Diego was closing. There was a building that Reverand Miles felt would be perfect that became available. He went to the building most everyday for five years and prayed for his dream to become a reality. It came to pass. He got his church . Was it God who answered his prayer? I won't argue that point. However, I will argue that God gave Miles the strength to not give up and do everything humanly possible to achieve his dream and answer his prayers. God gave him the power to accomplish his dream by his own efforts.

The power of God and the universe lives in us all!.

Have a nice day!

Samuel

PS. Google "Comparative planet and stellar sizes". We are a small pimple on an elephant's ass.