{"id":1643,"date":"2010-10-04T08:58:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T15:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T04:47:55","slug":"prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1643","title":{"rendered":"Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people pray, some people meditate, some people beg or curse.. but we all talk to God\/Fate in one way, or at one time or another.\u00a0 What’s amusing to me is when I “pray” I do it the way I was taught in church, as a supplicant begging for assistance from a higher power in charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They call this “coming before God humble” and I’ve always hated it.\u00a0 Is it my pride (the religious would say yes) or is it that I’ve never viewed God\/Fate like a ruler but more like a father.\u00a0 JUST like they taught me to in the early days of going to church.\u00a0 You know.. the “Jesus loves you, this I know” song days.\u00a0 Where God is a father.. and well, my father loved me!\u00a0 So of course, so did God and Jesus.\u00a0 So why WOULDN’T they give me what I asked for.\u00a0 Why would I have to be humble and beg when I prayed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I matured, when I talked to God it was more like talking to a buddy over a Birthday Present wish list.\u00a0 “Please God, I really, really want that raise, or this guy, or to make this green light!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now a days, its like talking to a partner and I do it through meditation.\u00a0 Because I firmly believe in seeing and grabbing the opportunities that God\/Fate bring my way.\u00a0 Because NOT to, is just plain idiotic.\u00a0 This is God’s opportunity or lesson and who am I to turn away from that!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So in the mornings I meditate on my triangle of desires with plans and needs and\u00a0 ideas.\u00a0 I was explaining this to someone when I smiled as I realized an amazing fact.<\/strong><\/p>\n

God is like my Ex or my Kids. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy to do whatever I want… as long as I explain it in great detail (preferably writing it down in a list), walk them through exactly HOW to do it (make that list very, very specific, preferably with me doing half the work as an “example”) and supervise them through it with careful observations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words.. (smirks fate) …just do it yourself, it’s a whole hell of a lot faster!\u00a0 See, ya already got all the tools ya need.<\/strong><\/p>\n

uh, thanks?
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