When I came across this article I just HAD to post it. After all, my readers are supporters...some supporters are friends...some friends are like family....some family are like....friends. The point.... we are all kind of thrown together in this thing we call life. We all come with different backgrounds...histories...experiences and memoires but SOMEHOW....we ALL found each other on this community page called Gone- a tribute to those who have loved, who can imagine loving, and who STILL love....those who are the victims of a predatory influence who has altered our loved ones life (and ours...for sure) in an indelible way. I have an amazing reader (yes...YOU) who has dialogued with me about prayer and its effectiveness or possibly the ineffectiveness for those who utilize their faith in perhaps...different ways. This person was not judgmental....just the opposite. She could care less HOW I prayed...just questioned and offered suggestion for a more valid intention (shall we say). She also (in so many ways) was the voice of God (or whom ever you believe is a higher power)...Ill call her an angel...because she would reach out to me at those precise moments when you REALLY needed someone....anyone...to know what was in your heart. There she would be with a pm to tell me she was thinking of me, praying for me, praying for my girls, for my family. She was not VESTED in my family...or me. She started out as a stranger to this phenomenon called indoctrination, mind control, thought reform... and slipped slowly down the rabbit hole with me...my family, the families of others in the name of unconditional positive regard, empathy, unselfishness, I can go on. She would read articles, visit our pages, comment, give support, ideas, strategies and yes... prayer. None of us pray the same...none of us REALLY know what it means to be a Protestant, Fundamentalist, Atheist, Jew, Catholic...etc... we can SURMISE....there is a framework but to walk in the faithful footsteps ( or faith process) of another is impossible. But prayer..regardless of faithfulness is discussion. It is a coping strategy, it is asking for resolution...NOT asking for a miracle. Even I know...miracles (while possible) are rare. I dont pray for a miracle. The drama queen does from time to time when I am frustrated, down trodden and really tired of THIS, buuuuttt... I know that a miracle is not going to happen. I pray for strength... I pray for my God to walk beside me and help me continue to be a good mom to my children, wife to my husband, friend to my friends...INSPITE of our journey. When the days get long and my mind is so foggy from thinking, strategizing, hoping, researching....etc... I turn to prayer to say... enough. Point me in the direction.... show me what I should do... how can I heal...NOT.....heal me... heal them. That would make me ask for a miracle once more. We may not be able to ask for a miracle, we may not have the answers and we may not be as faithful as our neighbor BUT...... I DO believe we need to preserve...through our friends, our angels and our faith...whatever that means to you.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 20:12:00 +0000
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