5 Reasons Why We Pray During a Tragedy
By Marissa Poulson - Posted at Alliance Defending Freedom:
Between Paris, Colorado Springs, and now San Bernardino (not to mention the dozens of other lives lost around the world that didn't fit into the mainstream media's publication agenda), the world has seen much tragedy in the last month.
In all the chaos, the response to these tragedies was almost always the same. Grieving nations and families mourned the lives that were pointlessly cut short. Fingers were pointed every which way trying to place blame, regain a sense of control, and make ourselves feel better about the broken state of our world. And like clockwork, people ramped up their prayers.
"The New York Daily News cover refers to prayer as 'meaningless platitudes,' but prayer is more than something we say because it sounds nice to say it. Sure, it's easy to tweet a nice message with a trending hashtag, but genuine prayer is a privilege. We are blessed to be able to communicate with a personal God who truly cares about our needs. We can bring Him our requests and He hears us."
Between Paris, Colorado Springs, and now San Bernardino (not to mention the dozens of other lives lost around the world that didn't fit into the mainstream media's publication agenda), the world has seen much tragedy in the last month.
In all the chaos, the response to these tragedies was almost always the same. Grieving nations and families mourned the lives that were pointlessly cut short. Fingers were pointed every which way trying to place blame, regain a sense of control, and make ourselves feel better about the broken state of our world. And like clockwork, people ramped up their prayers.
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