Actually, I think it's rather like Clarence and George. Prayer works. I have personal experience of it. That (my) kind of coincidences are rather like winning the lottery 3 times in a row. No reason to believe me, but I know and I don't knowingly lie and I am not inclined to believe fairy tales. I am here.
I did. Did no one pray for us before 9/11? Or Pearl Harbor or D day? Prayer is not a magic button. I could pray for money and get it, with all the negatives attached. Or I could pray for help and understanding and be given both. And I could be a fool and not understand the 40,000 foot view.
No. I guess you won't know until it happens to you. The coincidences are impossible to ignore. I lost a child. God sent His angels to save me from the hell I was headed for. Very specific things happened. For several years after. And when He thought I was good to go, the astounding things stopped, but I learned to see His miracles. Age helps. 40,000 ft and above perspective. It is OK. You will get there.
Actually, I think it's rather like Clarence and George. Prayer works. I have personal experience of it. That (my) kind of coincidences are rather like winning the lottery 3 times in a row. No reason to believe me, but I know and I don't knowingly lie and I am not inclined to believe fairy tales. I am here.
Did no one pray for the Russians?
I did. Did no one pray for us before 9/11? Or Pearl Harbor or D day? Prayer is not a magic button. I could pray for money and get it, with all the negatives attached. Or I could pray for help and understanding and be given both. And I could be a fool and not understand the 40,000 foot view.
" Prayer is not a magic button. "
Then why do some people always conclude "it was prayer or God that intervened" when something good happens? That's my entire point.
No. I guess you won't know until it happens to you. The coincidences are impossible to ignore. I lost a child. God sent His angels to save me from the hell I was headed for. Very specific things happened. For several years after. And when He thought I was good to go, the astounding things stopped, but I learned to see His miracles. Age helps. 40,000 ft and above perspective. It is OK. You will get there.
Ukrainians did.