Do you remember the first time you prayed really hard for something?

r3nu4l · 16-07-2010 04:29PM #1

Just wondering what other people remember in terms of the first time they prayed hard for something.

For some it will obviously be a harrowing memory but for others it may be something less so.

I very clearly remember my Mam telling me that if you prayed to God hard enough and really needed something, he would answer that prayer.

Now you have to understand that I didn't really understand the difference between needing something and wanting something.

You should also understand that my parents didn't have any spare cash when I was a child so I didn't have any Star Wars toys and Star Wars was really popular...

So, when my Mam told me about the power of prayer, being the selfish little git I was, I ran off upstairs, into the boxroom and got onto my knees and prayed as hard as I could, eyes tightly shut, in front of the statue of the Child of Prague. I prayed and prayed and prayed, not for one Star Wars toy, not for two and not even for three. No, I prayed to God that when I went into my bedroom, that one of EACH Star Wars toy would be in there.

I spent five minutes doing this and ran into my bedroom only to discover that I hadn't prayed hard enough. So I grabbed my little brother who was in there, told him the plan and we both got on our knees and prayed. We ran back into the bedroom and discovered that God hadn't been listening.

Disappointment! Big time :mad:

So God, if you're reading this...perhaps you could make up for it and send me the winning Euromillions numbers tonight.

/Glad to see I learned something from the experience

Midnight_EG · 16-07-2010 04:30PM

Nope.

MitchKoobski · 16-07-2010 04:31PM

This one time I prayed so hard I **** my pants.

lol jk

Agnostic

Trashbat · 16-07-2010 04:33PM

I once prayed that god wouldn't exist.

It worked.

GirlOfGlass · 16-07-2010 04:34PM

I didn't read a word of this. But no, no I don't.

bonerm · 16-07-2010 04:35PM

I remember a few years ago someone close to me almost dying and doing the typical "well God, if you're real and you're up there will you make this person better?". It wasn't a prayer so much as a request. "God" did not grant my wish on this occasion.

Prior to that I'd say I was about 9 years old praying in the church for something that I wanted for Christmas off Santa Claus. Note at that age was I already praying for the Santa present (rather than the present from my parents) as I already found my parents to be more reliable than the mystical character of Christian festivities. TBH even as a kid I didn't really care about it. I think I was probably about 6 the last time I thought of heaven as something tangible and rewarding.

bmw535d · 16-07-2010 04:35PM

no matter how many times iv'e prayed for things i really needed, or wanted god has never answered.

AnonoBoy · 16-07-2010 04:35PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

So God, if you're reading this...perhaps you could make up for it and send me the winning Euromillions numbers tonight.

God doesn't read Boards - he posts on Thumped.

kfallon · 16-07-2010 04:38PM

I once farted and prayed for a minute that I hadn't followed thru, I did, I lost my faith at that very instant!

alwaysadub · 16-07-2010 04:40PM

Last year when my friend got diagnosed with cancer. I amn't religious but i prayed and prayed for her even though we knew the cancer was terminal.

SugarHigh · 16-07-2010 04:46PM

GirlOfGlass wrote: »

I didn't read a word of this. But no, no I don't.

It was like something out of "Angela's ashes"...complete sh1te.

caseyann · 16-07-2010 04:49PM

I have done so a good few times over the years,and hardest has been recent:( I dont back catholic church or the people in it barr the good decent ones in there who do take care of people and actually genuinely give a damn.But i wont let the evil in religion wreck my faith for me

r3nu4l · 16-07-2010 04:51PM

GirlOfGlass wrote: »

I didn't read a word of this. But no, no I don't.

Maybe you should have because then your post wouldn't seem so foolish

AnonoBoy wrote: »

God doesn't read Boards - he posts on Thumped.

Well then whoever hacked Thumped recently is in for some smiting :pac:

SugarHigh wrote: »

It was like something out of "Angela's ashes"...complete sh1te.

What, there was lots of rain and misery in my post?

We must have read different posts or else my copy of Angelas Ashes is very different to yours...

Rented Mule · 16-07-2010 04:53PM

Two prayer threads in one day.

Why does it feel like someone put off doing their homework ?

caseyann · 16-07-2010 04:53PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

Maybe you should have because then your post wouldn't seem so foolish

Well then whoever hacked Thumped recently is in for some smiting :pac:

What, there was lots of rain and misery in my post? We must have read different posts or else my copy of Angelas Ashes is very different to yours...

I thought your post was light hearted and funny although selfish and you wont be winning lotto even more so now

r3nu4l · 16-07-2010 04:54PM

Rented Mule wrote: »

Two prayer threads in one day.

Why does it feel like someone put off doing their homework ?

Fixed your post, not everyone on boards.ie is a schoolkid. Anything to pass the time on a Friday afternoon.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 16-07-2010 05:07PM

Set off the alarm in a bank (long story) and the aul fella told me he was gonna kill me when he got home.

Prayed and prayed that he wouldn't, and by the time he got home he thought it was gas

Cheers God!

mikom · 16-07-2010 05:10PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

Do you remember the first time you prayed really hard for something?

Once got a semi in church, if that counts.

brummytom · 16-07-2010 05:20PM

I don't really remember Praying for things when I was younger, if I wanted something, I always asked Santa :P

I prayed non-stop for my nan a few years ago when we found out she had terminal cancer. On the night of my 14th birthday, I prayed for about an hour that God would help her, since she'd got so bad. She died the next morning, I like to think God heard me and put her out of her misery.

I still pray whenever I feel scared, nervous or upset.

easyeason3 · 16-07-2010 05:27PM

No I can't really remember praying for anything & believing it might help. Even as a child I kinda knew that God & prayers were a bit of a cod.

In saying that though if a friend loses someone close to them I always say 'I'll keep you in my prayers & thoughts'.

I'm not being insincere but a lot of people like to hear that so if it offers a small degree of comfort then what harm can it do. It's not up to me to tell anyone what to believe & I respect their choice of religion or lack of.

CreepingDeath · 16-07-2010 05:34PM

When was the first Lotto draw ?

AAAAAAAHHH · 16-07-2010 05:39PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Last year when my friend got diagnosed with cancer. I amn't religious but i prayed and prayed for her even though we knew the cancer was terminal.

Well then you are religious.

Scuid Mhór · 16-07-2010 06:00PM

only time i every prayed for something was when i was taking a penalty during a soccer semi-final for my school team.

i missed the penalty.

after that i became agnostic.

mink_man · 16-07-2010 06:04PM

no, but i remember a priest was praying before, and when i went into the room he started praying hard when he saw the little boy that i was with...

Super-Rush · 16-07-2010 06:04PM

I remember praying for certain things years back and the exact feckin opposite happened. That wasn't in the handbook god.

stovelid · 16-07-2010 06:19PM

I think it was in a church when I went for a walk on a winters day.

DublinWriter · 16-07-2010 06:25PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

I very clearly remember my Mam telling me that if you prayed to God hard enough and really needed something, he would answer that prayer.

Lol...I remember my late-mum trying that argument with me circa 1977 and I asked if I prayed for a Six-Million-Dollar-Man action man would god give me one?

She countered with something like "well, it has to be something you really really really need", and I said I really really really needed one as John Burke from my class had one with the optional Rocket Module and that it was really really cool.

She then said that god really only listened to requests for 'essential' things like clothes and food and maybe I should pray really hard for a new shirt for school (my dad was on strike at the time).

So I prayed for a new school shirt and I never got it.

Thus began a lifetime of happy atheism.

PeterIanStaker · 16-07-2010 06:32PM

Prayed, age 8, for Grandad to get better. He died.

'nuff said.

16-07-2010 06:53PM

First time for me was that eric cantona would go back on his decision to retire from football.

There is no god.

Only Cantona

stovelid · 16-07-2010 06:57PM

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There is no god.

Only Cantona[/QUOTE]

Fat, bearded and messianic. You're on to something there.

Dudess · 16-07-2010 06:57PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

You should also understand that my parents didn't have any spare cash when I was a child so I didn't have any Star Wars toys and Star Wars was really popular...

So, when my Mam told me about the power of prayer, being the selfish little git I was, I ran off upstairs, into the boxroom and got onto my knees and prayed as hard as I could, eyes tightly shut, in front of the statue of the Child of Prague. I prayed and prayed and prayed, not for one Star Wars toy, not for two and not even for three. No, I prayed to God that when I went into my bedroom, that one of EACH Star Wars toy would be in there.

Did the very same when I was eight for a wedding My Little Pony.

Do you remember the first time you prayed really hard for something?

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