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I try to pray, cant help feeling like a fool though. Like, hey big man upstairs I know youre omnipotent but lemme just give you some tips on some shit I'd like you to handle.
It's OK to ask.
Powerful prayers: Thy will be done. Make me an instrument of Thy will.
That's basically where I end up, "Please help me learn what's right, and help me to have the strength to do the right thing when I know it."
"lord if you're listening....HELP!"
Lol, yep. I had the idea that yes God is omnipotent, but he has given us free will. So we have to ask for help.
Different people have different feelings about it.
My preference is to liken it to talking (and sometimes venting) to a respected parent or grandparen't who already knows your strengths and weaknesses and failings but listens to your frustrations, sympathizes with your disappointments, hears your wants/hopes/desires/concerns and listens to your opinions (good and bad) - without expecting perfection - AND loves you unconditionally. (Who else can you tell about your deepest/darkest feelings and your worst secrets/actions without fear of disclosure or ridicule?)
In any case, many find the very act of acknowledging a higher power helps reduce some stress/anxiety because it can provide a feeling of connectedness to something greater than themselves that can reduce the feeling of going through things alone.
Sure, but if I try and think of it like that I feel like I'm being selfish just using God as my personal sounding board. Either way. I know god exists, though I'm not sure about what exactly god is. And I have the innate sense that praying is good. Just need to get around my own insecurities and self deprecation I suppose.