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JUST SIT AND PRAY…

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My wife and I visited a friend who was going through a life-threatening illness.  And that person was having a hard time with God answering differently from what was expected.

The easiest thing to do is to give pat answers and cliche’s –
“God has a purpose.”
“God works all things for the good of those who love Him.”
“Let go and let God.”
“God is good all the time… All the time, God is good.”
“His thoughts are higher than our thoughts…”

These are not necessarily wrong answers.  But it may not be the very things they’d need to hear at that time.

Maybe… just maybe… the best thing to do at that moment is to sit, commiserate and pray.

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Paolo Punzalan

Husband, father, pastor and most importantly, Christ follower.

4 responses to “JUST SIT AND PRAY…”

  1. Marge Patena Avatar
    Marge Patena

    true!!!! heart breaking!!! I can so relate… with my dad’s situation.. it really breaks my heart.. and having someone who’ll just sit beside you, commiserate and pray is more than enough!!!

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  2. Gerard Avatar
    Gerard

    great post. prayer will help a lot!

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  3. Jojo Agot Avatar
    Jojo Agot

    it’s true, words sometimes just get in the way. your prayer, your taking the time of your life to drop by, your sincere and heartfelt sympathy communicate more than the usual cliches. thanks for this

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