What is wrong with us?
I mean seriously…..WHAT have we done and what in the hell is wrong with
our thinking? Check out this story.
Kevin Smith, is the producer-director of a show called
“Clerks”. I don’t know the show, have
never seen it, sounds like something in the vein of “The Office”, or one of
those other shows about the dysfunctional among us. Apparently this week Kevin had a massive,
mother of all heart attacks on Monday and, remarkably, survived. One of his fans, the actor Chris Pratt, whose
work I do know (I liked him a lot in the remake of “The Magnificent Seven”),
sent out a tweet wishing Smith well, and saying that he (Pratt) would be
praying for him, and that he believed in the healing power of prayer, and
encouraging others to do the same.
Aaannnnnddd……as you might find perfectly normal in our
nation, Pratt has incurred heaps of scorn and wrath for his gracious move. And that leads me to say…”What is wrong with
us?”
Take out of your deliberations that I personally believe in
the healing power of prayer, indeed the power of any prayer properly given with
the right heart. I have been the recipient
of too many of its’ benefits, but forget that in your thoughts. Instead focus on this…….
….WHY would ANYONE take offense at being offered prayers,
let alone someone else being offered prayers?
And especially if the prayer itself has nothing to do with the offended
person? If I offer prayers, or offer to
pray for or with someone (first, you might want to duck to avoid THAT lightning
bolt), WHY should you have ANY opinion, let alone feel the need to be judgmental
on the offering? It makes no sense.
But look a little deeper into this. Pratt was being defended by a third party who
stated that offering prayers and no action when action is possible, is
transparent, just fluff; “Hey, I am praying for you buddy…..I am not going to
DO shit for you, but I am praying for you.”
In this persons’ mind, Pratts offering was acceptable because it was ALL
he could do. And I do understand that
thought process, I also think it dead wrong.
There is no situation where graciously offered prayer for anothers’ well
being, relief or safety is wrong; none.
The fact that we as a people do not realize that, and cannot accept that
serenely is horrifying. The fact that we
can only defend it with caveats is only slightly less so.
What is wrong with us…..how have we drifted so far, in so
little time, from any sort of moral underpinnings whatsoever?
How can we as a nation survive when we cannot even grasp
these simple things, perverting even the good and most innocent….
….such as prayer?
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