Sunday, August 13, 2017
Suicidal Prayer Credit
I think many people will say I am wrong about this and that
it is bad theology but I think I am right enough to give people this idea so
that they can have the same hope and endurance that has benefitted me. The idea that I am sharing is simple, which
is that if people have lived through any amount of suicidal thinking, it might
be a good idea to just pray even a few of the biggest prayers you can think of
for everyone you know and for your society because it could be a very special
thing that you are still alive, and this might add some power to your
prayers. That is where people say okay
no wait a minute you don't earn prayer power through your own efforts but I am
not sure everyone really knows how everything works and I think once there have
been significant threats to people's survival, and especially a chronic danger
or a questioning of whether it is worth it to go on, then that is a clue that
people's mere presence and existence is not something to take for granted, and
just the effort of a few extra moments of thoughtfulness might be something
that God is willing to match a millionfold. Is that so weird? I am saying that when I have gotten through
or am even in the middle of discouragement so bad that I think I can't go on, it
takes five seconds to ask God for a million feasts and forgiveness for everyone
who has ever lived. I mean it is times
like that when you ask for salvation for all mankind, or for everyone ever to
have the relief that you can no longer even imagine. Do other people not have a hunch that their
prayers might be worth a little extra after twenty years of struggling to stay alive? It actually is hard to do
sometimes, because depression so often brings a feeling of being so bad that
God would never answer any prayers. But
couldn't the suffering also be proof that something good is at risk, and might
that thing be something as simple as one little prayer prayed for everyone at
the right time? I do not think I will
ever regret trying to add prayer to my despair.
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