tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post114640682062282447..comments2023-08-20T04:40:04.843-05:00Comments on Stephen M (Ethesis): Prayer (an afterward, answering a question)Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1146782863463405732006-05-04T17:47:00.000-05:002006-05-04T17:47:00.000-05:00Stephen, thanks for taking the time to answer my q...Stephen, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, and to refer me to the post you'd made before on silence.<BR/><BR/>I've been reading, pondering, rereading and mulling...<BR/><BR/>jl--having a similar struggle, myself, with health issues. I'm filled with many questions and not much comfort or many answers right now.<BR/><BR/>anne, loud and proud, I like that =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1146674535307563452006-05-03T11:42:00.000-05:002006-05-03T11:42:00.000-05:00No, I want to hear from Him, loud and proud.Althou...No, I want to hear from Him, loud and proud.<BR/><BR/>Although you have a point.annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1146526387086934082006-05-01T18:33:00.000-05:002006-05-01T18:33:00.000-05:00annagb,I don't feel a response when I pray. It's a...annagb,<BR/><BR/>I don't feel a response when I pray. It's an exercise of pure faith. I know God is there and listening even though I can't feel Him. Maybe it would help if you saw the act of prayer as a healthy exercise, like showering, one more thing to keep you from completely drowning in despair and disability. That's how I treat it, part of my necessary routine. It's my small act to show JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769264710411660303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1146492811387253702006-05-01T09:13:00.000-05:002006-05-01T09:13:00.000-05:00JL, I'm going through something like that right no...JL, I'm going through something like that right now. I don't understand how to contact God from this place of utter depression. I kneel and He doesn't respond. I pray in my heart and He doesn't respond.<BR/><BR/>One thing that's happening, though, is that others are stepping up and carrying me through.<BR/><BR/>This is a wonderful discussion, Stephen, I liked the questioner's question about annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1146454215183571082006-04-30T22:30:00.000-05:002006-04-30T22:30:00.000-05:00I've been suffering two years of debilitating depr...I've been suffering two years of debilitating depression and anxiety. During that time my prayers have become more humble. I have stopped asking God to make it go away to help me get over this, because it didn't happen. And it didn't happen and it didn't happen and it didn't happen...Then one night I asked for more humility and everything proceeded to come crashing down around me. I lost all my JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769264710411660303noreply@blogger.com