This whole prayer thing is really racking my brain. How/what do I pray to God when he has an ultimate will? Or what about the fact that things are sometimes out of our hands? Like diseases? We can only take care of ourselves so much, the rest is just how God designed it all. Several years ago my mom worked at a frame shop with a man who was probably the healthiest man we have ever met. He died of cancer. That doesn't make sense. He was a very committed Christian. We prayed for him as much as we could. He still passed away. So then, whats to say of our prayers? Did we lack faith? Was there really no hope? Is that just a natural cause of things? Or was it just God's will?
I don't believe God WANTS anyone to suffer in any way... but He did make the world and allow it to be as it is. Sinful. Sick. Hurt. Lost. Confused. Hungry. Greedy. Selfish. We chose this. We wanted our own way... look where we got ourselves.
I wish SEBC offered a class covering all this. I wish my church would teach about this.
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