Dovina19 Feb 2006
âWhen you pray . . . , what do you think happens?â I think that when I pray, I am addressing someone much wiser than I, much like a two-year-old cries out to her parent. Maybe she wants another cookie or to be picked up and held. The parent listens and sometimes yields to the cry, but a good parent will not always comply, and often says no. Only as I consider my prayers as simple begging to a higher mind do they make any sense. Frankly, I cannot find more changes that follow my prayers than I find from pure probability. But that does not stop me, because I believe God exists, and if the only advantage anyone gets as a result of my prayers is my own edification, then that is enough. And if I donât gain any points toward going to heaven, thatâs okay too.