Dear God,
After reading many of the prayers posted on this site, I feel compelled to humbly submit that it is time for a revelation. I think the pain that many have caused in your name stems from foolish and distorted impressions of Scripture… distortions in fact often carelessly spread by men of the cloth. There is a fundamental truth that runs deep throughout Scripture but that has been missed or overlooked and I believe that this has led to many of the problems our world faces. God, I believe that once our time here on earth is complete, we will know the entirety of our lives in extreme detail. We will see and completely know every thought, word and deed of our entire existence. More than that, we will also know how each has affected every person in the world. And after this we will either feel guilt, shame and regret for the person we were or alternatively we will be at peace and feel content with the person we have been. At this moment we will either hear you say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant” or not. The amount of guilt, shame and regret we feel will be the amount of which we are tormented in hell and the amount of peace and contentedness we feel will be the amount we can enjoy the abundance of heaven. You have given us a tool to help us arrive at this moment and feel peace, and that tool is your Scripture and the theology it holds. Children will quibble over the “reality” of your theology but these are fools who miss its true intention to help humans have a relationship with you, the divine and loving creative source of all things. You, who, absent of this theology, will forever remain out of reach for the vast majority of our human race. So God, if I am correct in the things I have said, I pray for a global revelation. I pray that the world awakens to these truths and that we approach Scripture and theology in a new way. If this happens, God, your truths will be propelled to a place in our hearts and minds that is out of reach of the skeptics and doubtful thoughts for theology will be returned to it’s righteous place and we will be focused on you, the destination to which theology strives to direct us. I suppose I could be over-simplifying things by not acknowledging some cosmic event that occurs each time a person declares their faith in Jesus. Or, I could be wrong in assuming that anything at all happens to any part of us after death. But what does it matter, if humans are inspired to treat others always in a manner with which they can confidently be at peace. This I believe is at the heart of ALL that Christ lived and died to teach us. In your holy name, Jesus Christ, I pray for this to occur before it is too late. Thy will be done, Amen Seniah - California/USAShare:
September 28th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I am quite surprised that upon reading this, I did not see a comment posted after this wonderful truth that you wrote. But then again, most are silent when truth is spoken, so perhaps it isn’t so surprising. Thank you for your prayer, and for sharing it so simply, yet elegantly. This too, is my prayer for the world. And, in a way, God may use your public prayer to begin answering it. Let us hope, that the demonstrations of Christ truth in His children’s lives would prompt this change to occur all the more. Peace be with you.
September 28th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
WOW Seniah…….
That was truthfully beautifull, I pray with you, Thank You for your hope and love for mankind.You have inspired me to pray for the same AWAKENING I woke up this morning because I couldnt sleep prayed a few words then opened my eyes to find this site I had know idea existed………I think Its GODs way of telling me there’s alot more to pray for…………………AWESOME, thank you God and Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 21st, 2008 at 5:35 am
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October 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 am
Amen
this put me to tears.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:00 am
This is such truth. Well said. I too, pray for a time when we all only intend the best for each other.
I am sure God was smiling when you wrote this.