Slip up a message in Disguise
Isn't it wierd how the things you do a month ago come back into your mind and you realize the possible message from it? While i was at the mountain lodge i was asked to pray for the meal. Everyone knows that I hate praying out loud, mostly because I just get so anxious about it. I do not know why it is such a hard thing for me do, but maybe my slip up at the lodge has some insight for me. So as i was praying at the end, instead of saying AMEN, i said "talk to you later", i realized my mistake after everyone laughed at me and then said Amen.
So i gusss my question is since when did we have this structured style of praying? I mean it does not really exsist, but don't we all feel compelled to pray the same way? Why should it be odd that i begin prayer with "hey god, what's up?" and end with "talk to you later" If god is our friend, if we are in a relationship with him, shouldn't be ourselves. Maybe all these years i have been so nervous about praying because i have felt this pressure that prayer has to perfect. I think some of my favorite prayers come from kids because they are so free to be themselves and they do not pray in a certain way. At church, from the begining, we breed kids to pray this way. We always start with "Dear heavenly father" or some version of this, and always end with "amen." I know that the bible tells us about the Lord's prayer and that is how we should pray, but should be account for the time changes. Who talks like those who talk in the Bible these days? Would it be compromising the bible and the lord if we chosse to pray so loosely? Would the christian church excommunicate me for "straying" from the bible? Are we sometimes too involved with the politics of our religion, that we forget about the relationship, we forgot to look our eyes toward Jesus?
So, maybe i will start prayer like i would talk to everyone else. Not to be disrespectful, but to be more respectful toward Jesus. We are in a relationship with him. I think it would be more respectful to treat him like anyone of my good friends. (yeah, i know, but he is God, but even though he is on this pedalstool, i think that he would want us to treat him in a way that we maintain this awesome relationship and in a way that we are comfortable also) After all, are we really friends with people we don't feel comfortable with? How far can a relationship go like that?
So, alas, that is it, talk to ya later.
So i gusss my question is since when did we have this structured style of praying? I mean it does not really exsist, but don't we all feel compelled to pray the same way? Why should it be odd that i begin prayer with "hey god, what's up?" and end with "talk to you later" If god is our friend, if we are in a relationship with him, shouldn't be ourselves. Maybe all these years i have been so nervous about praying because i have felt this pressure that prayer has to perfect. I think some of my favorite prayers come from kids because they are so free to be themselves and they do not pray in a certain way. At church, from the begining, we breed kids to pray this way. We always start with "Dear heavenly father" or some version of this, and always end with "amen." I know that the bible tells us about the Lord's prayer and that is how we should pray, but should be account for the time changes. Who talks like those who talk in the Bible these days? Would it be compromising the bible and the lord if we chosse to pray so loosely? Would the christian church excommunicate me for "straying" from the bible? Are we sometimes too involved with the politics of our religion, that we forget about the relationship, we forgot to look our eyes toward Jesus?
So, maybe i will start prayer like i would talk to everyone else. Not to be disrespectful, but to be more respectful toward Jesus. We are in a relationship with him. I think it would be more respectful to treat him like anyone of my good friends. (yeah, i know, but he is God, but even though he is on this pedalstool, i think that he would want us to treat him in a way that we maintain this awesome relationship and in a way that we are comfortable also) After all, are we really friends with people we don't feel comfortable with? How far can a relationship go like that?
So, alas, that is it, talk to ya later.