I have heard this SO many times. I heard it as a child, with the instructions "pray to Jesus without ceasing, with an honest heart, and you too will have a personal relationship with him". Well, I prayed. And I prayed. For more than forty years I prayed and begged and cried and praised (one preacher said "don't ask for anything, just tell God thank you for everything"). Not one hint of a voice, of a sense of a presence, of a sense of well-being or calm or . . . anything. SO, of course, according to those who went around talking about their wonderful personal relationship with God, I was apparently doing it wrong - - - or I had evil in my heart - - - or I had sins I wasn't confessing - - - or _____.
People not only use this to try and tell others in their group how holy and successful and prayerful they are, they use it to put other people down.
I don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that they were a bunch of lying assholes.
People not only use this to try and tell others in their group how holy and successful and prayerful they are, they use it to put other people down.
I don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that they were a bunch of lying assholes.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
