Friday, February 26, 2016

Cursing Prayers

It really does not matter how you pray.  You can be still and silent or curse God.  Yes, there are even psalms in the Bible that are called, "Cursing Psalms."  You don't hear them in church because most churches have edited them out of what is said in the worship services.  So God has been cursed and even inspired writers to put cursing into the Bible.  Cursing is honest, as opposed to the way we manipulate prayer words to try and get something from God.  God seems to prefer the honesty.  God already knows our feelings and our moods, so you might as well express them in your frustrations about how your life is going or not going so well.  If you have a really good friend who loves you, then you ought to be able to say whatever.  Your friend knows your mood will pass.  You may have to hold things in with your boss but not with God.  Cursing is not something planned.  It just happens.  Yes, it is bad form to curse in a lot of circumstances.  It is rude, and offensive to say the least.  But in the privacy of your prayer, your dialogue with God, it is OK.  But then, prayer being a dialogue, you have to listen too.

2 comments:

  1. How do you hit the nail on the head for me at the most appropriate times? I needed to hear/read this. Thank you!

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  2. When things go wrong I like this one, "Oh God why have you forsaken me"!

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