B, maybe you’d be the best to try and explain this… to me.
I was raised in a very religious family. I believe but… I don’t
practice (go to church) or have devotion to it now.
It was told to me (taught) “God is a loving God... God loves us.
We are God’s children."
I really struggle with that now.
Wars that kill more innocent than enemy (children too), Millions
of children die from starvation every year around the world.
Innocents. Child abuse is now epidemic even within religious
organizations, Boy Scouts, girls schools, camps, so many. Women
who are good loving mothers are being abused and murdered in
almost countless numbers now.
Evangelical leaders are being exposed for sex scandals, priests
too, many live unreal lavish life styles, Leer Jets, full size jets,
limos, mansions, hair stylists and make up artists. Yet, within
miles of their mega churches people are struggling, homeless,
and are going to sleep at night hungry.
People get hounded for more donations, the basket gets passed
around more than once during service… fools or followers pour
the money in. My family was lucky, we found out my mother was
sending donations to Jerry Falwell’s farce of a church. We stopped
that but the phone calls persisted until we threatened that SOB’s
organization. They knew my mother was a widow, blind but was
capable to live on her own. When we visited her we had to put
anything/everything back exactly where it was. She would sit and
listen to the TV… the religious programs.
Now this COVID19. Here, almost a half a million people…
good people, nurses, front line workers, doctors, good mothers,
good fathers, good sons and daughters, children, young adults
and then sadly… mostly the elderly, disabled, cancer survivors
and kind and loving Grandparents are dead. Unfortunately today,
so many are (were) raising their children’s children. Some have
had to actually adopt them for their safety and well being.
There’s a lot of teaching the Word/Bible going on out there now,
Bible schools, Sunday sermons and a lot of good people praying.
I know when people pray hard for things often the answer is still…
“No”.
Is the power of prayer working?