Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:29 PM

bobbieinok (12,858 posts)

I feel guilty praying for help now when my probs are so minor compared to most peoples. And you?

This is obviously directed to those who pray, at least sometime

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I feel guilty praying for help now when my probs are so minor compared to most peoples. And you? (Original post)	bobbieinok	Apr 2020	OP
Don't feel guilty. I'm sure you're getting just as much help for yourself	stopbush	Apr 2020	#1
Since you pray, I assume that you believe in a deity as an omnipotent and omniscient being.	Foolacious	Apr 2020	#2
Don't feel guilty	RandySF	Apr 2020	#3
The airplane thing about oxygen masks: you have to be sure you are together before you can	fierywoman	Apr 2020	#4
Pray for the strength to cope,	guillaumeb	Apr 2020	#5
Then Make Your Prayers All Inclusive.....	global1	Apr 2020	#6

Response to bobbieinok (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:33 PM

stopbush (24,128 posts)

1. Don't feel guilty. I'm sure you're getting just as much help for yourself

by not praying as you do by praying.

Things have a way of working out.

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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:38 PM

Foolacious (473 posts)

2. Since you pray, I assume that you believe in a deity as an omnipotent and omniscient being.

That being the case, you don't need to worry about His/Her/Its bandwidth. That kind of deity can handle anything anyone throws at Him/Her/It, in any quantity, any time, all the time. Major, minor, picayune... it doesn't matter, it's all a drop in the bucket.

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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:39 PM

RandySF (41,441 posts)

3. Don't feel guilty

Whatever you're going through is happening to YOU.

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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:42 PM

fierywoman (6,784 posts)

4. The airplane thing about oxygen masks: you have to be sure you are together before you can

help others. You could also follow the Buddhists' lead (I'm not a Buddhist) and pray in concentric circles outward -- for you -- for your community -- for your country -- for the world -- for the universe ... etc

Have you followed Caroline Myss on prayer?

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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 04:11 PM

guillaumeb (42,641 posts)

5. Pray for the strength to cope,

and if you can, help others as well.

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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 04:18 PM

global1 (24,306 posts)

6. Then Make Your Prayers All Inclusive.....

pray for all of us.

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