Power of Prayer

While wandering around the web last night I found an essay on why Prayer isn't answered.

I'd love to post the essay here, but as that would be a violation of copyright I'll just have to post the link here.

http://mzbworks.home.att.net/prayer.htm

If you read it, let me know what you think.

To me, it's another way of saying "God helps those who help themselves" among other things.

I do know there was one thing in my life that I wanted so badly, I prayed for it, I prepared for it, I made drastic changes in my environment to let this thing happen.. and it did happen. So I can attest that what the author calls the "Power of Abundance" does work. But.. you may have to give up other things for it.

Has it been a good decision for me? Well, so far I'm happy with my decision. I do know I missed out on other things because of the choices I made, but I would've lived a totally different life.

Read the essay and see if it speaks to you the way it did to me.

Friday Update

It's still very very cold here, but we still have power, so it's all good.

I cooked a ton of food before the storm, thinking I might need stuff that could be reheated over the fireplace.. the chili is gone, the taco soup is almost gone and we've made a good dent in the pot roast.

I had a brain storm about a new project and was so excited about it, I stayed up all night stitching on it. I'm lucky that I can do that.. being unemployed and kids grown and out of public school. But now I'm tired and want to sleep.. so I'm gonna.

I feel so bad for the folks who are freezing and are running out of fuel and food. If I knew where to send stuff, I would.