Pray Day Forgotten
Well, now I've really done it. I forgot all about yesterday's National Day of Prayer. I was so wrapped up in thinking about today that I totally forgot to kneel down in my living room and babble to myself.You see today would have been my late wife's 38th birthday. I was so busy thinking about God's plan of killing 26 year-old mother's of two that I forgot to stop and give thanks for his wisdom and love.
It seems that this year's official prayer for prayer day was especially important, because it involved asking for God's forgiveness for our having despised and rejected him over the past year. According to the official website for the day of prayer, I was supposed to say the following:
2006 Prayer for the Nation
Dr. Henry Blackaby
Oh Heavenly Father, You have made Yourself known to us as a nation by Your mighty works throughout our history. From the beginning, You have been with us through many wars and conflicts; Your right arm has saved us. We have been amazingly and graciously blessed.
Today, we confess our sin of not responding to Your right to rule in our lives and our nation. Too often we have despised and rejected Your will while imposing our own, and we are now facing the consequences of our disobedience. Draw us back to ourself that we may return to Your ways once again. Without You we can do nothing.
You have promised that if we honor You, You will once again honor this great nation.
That is our fervent prayer.
For Your honor and glory we pray,
Amen.
I'm assuming that by not hating homosexuals, not treating women like slaves/sluts, not supporting our president in his annexation of oil fields, not sending money to various churches, and by continually cracking jokes about the stupidity of God and his chosen spokemen I have engaged in despicable rejection of the Almighty.
So now, since I haven't asked for forgiveness for despising and rejecting him, God will no doubt spend the next year mad at me. Most likely I am slated for a good old fashioned smiting.
Oh well, fuck him if he can't take a joke.
posted by Chymera at 5/05/2006 06:07:00 AM
Who: Ron Nicolas
4 Comments:
You see it's people like you who neglect the all important grovelling that almighty God demands because they're too busy focusing on their whiny little personal issues that will get us all killed. So when you get blown up by terrorists don't come running to the rest of us, your fault, your fault.
I know, and I would like to apologize in advance for every natural disaster (a.k.a. act of God), and other misfortunes that will befall the planet over the coming year, due to my oversight.
Hey--wait a minute!!
Did you do your grovelling?
No wait--nevermind--it was an American day of grovelling, so I guess you get a pass on this one.
However, I don't remember any grovelling on the World Day of Prayer during which you were supposed to to "take up the burdens of other people and pray with and for them."
I was excluded from this mandatory day of submission because I'm a guy.
I forgot too. Dang it... I guess I'm going to hell if Judgement Day comes this year. I'll keep my fingers crossed that Jesus will hold off at least for one more year. Maybe I'll remember next year.
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