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

r3nu4l

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

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Zen65

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.

Isn't it a little odd that people still say things like this to kids, when almost all of their own experiences in life have shown it to be untrue?

What kind of a God would answer the prayer of a child asking for their football team to win, but ignore the tens of thousands of prayers from Children in Haiti, wanting only to live and be fed?

Be at peace,

Z

Latchy

One abiding memory I have of praying as a child was when I was about 8 years old and one christmas eve just after we had our bath and getting ready for bed, I stubbed my toe on the floor and uttered an explicatives of sort , probably something as innocent as ' Damm ' so my slightly older sister told me to kneel and we both prayed as hard as possible for forgiveness

Well I wasn't taking any chances on santa not coming that evening and sure enough he did

caseyann

Latchy wrote: »

One abiding memory I have of praying as a child was when I was about 8 years old and one christmas eve just after we had our bath and getting ready for bed, I stubbed my toe on the floor and uttered an explicatives of sort , probably something as innocent as ' Damm ' so my slightly older sister told me to kneel and we both prayed as hard as possible for forgiveness

Well I wasn't taking any chances on santa not coming that evening and sure enough he did

Sweet story i some how still picture you as the innocent kid kneeling for prayer and waiting for santa.I dont know why you give off that vibe:)

Latchy

caseyann wrote: »

Sweet story i some how still picture you as the innocent kid kneeling for prayer and waiting for santa.I dont know why you give off that vibe:)

Thank you . The sweet joys of innocence

caseyann

Latchy wrote: »

Thank you . The sweet joys of innocence

Hold on to it as hard as you can,cause i am looking for mine back

oblivious to everything and life is only your bubble

Latchy

caseyann wrote: »

Hold on to it as hard as you can,cause i am looking for mine back oblivious to everything and life is only your bubble

Yes I will but alas in the midsts of time it's only a distant memory of ones innocent childhood , long lost to the realitys of adulthood and life

caseyann

Latchy wrote: »

Yes I will but alas in the midsts of time it's only a distant memory of ones innocent childhood , long lost to the realitys of adulthood and life

I like sound of strawberry fields right about now

song playing in back ground as you run through frolicking

Latchy

caseyann wrote: »

I like sound of strawberry fields right about now song playing in back ground as you run through frolicking

Ah Jeeze

/wanders down memory lane /tears to eyes

caseyann

Latchy wrote: »

Ah Jeeze

/wanders down memory lane /tears to eyes

Love is life

and we jump to the farm,pray for going back in time

Latchy

caseyann wrote: »

Love is life

Love Life

and we jump to the farm,pray for going back in time

Often think I would like to go back in time but we cant change the atoms in the universe ....yet

Cork boy 55

1990 half time ireland verus italy italia 1990 WC QF
prayed on my own for 15 minutes for an Irish goal at halftime

Never prayed again after that

thanks god

f*ck u Salvatore Schillaci

bonerm

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

1990 half time ireland verus italy italia 1990 WC QF
prayed on my own for 15 minutes for an Irish goal at halftime

Never prayed again after that

thanks god

f*ck u Salvatore Schillaci

Better team went thru in the end. It'd have been hilarious tho if we had scraped a draw and got to the semi-finals just for drawing 5 games in awful fashion. As it was I think we were making ourselves more & more unpopular with the world of football with each subsequent result.

Tar.Aldarion

No fairy tales since I was 7ish

Biggins

Do I remember the first time I prayed really hard for something?
Yea, when the mother-in-law turned up for the first time!

She's so ugly a troll would be scared!
She's so humped, the state want to use her as a bridge!
She so tight, she would put Fagin to shame!