Desparate

With all the hurricane activity, I sense that some people are praying now, who never or rarely pray.  If they are praying, they must believe in something.  Maybe desperation can bring people to faith, at least in the short term?  Many a drunk in recovery has discovered this path to faith and prayer.  They have no other way out of, or through their addiction.  Hurricanes can bring us to the same sense of powerlessness.  Such a feeling of reality can lead to some of the deepest praying.  We are praying with all our heart, mind, soul and strength.  Fear and dread may accompany this time of praying.  So don't put yourself down if you are praying hard now for life and home, though you rarely in the past gave much thought to God or prayer.  Your prayers now are sincere and hopeful.  Lack of prayer is often associated with the problem of control.  When we feel control, then prayer lessens in time and intensity.  Hurricanes remind us that we are not gods.  Since my life is often like a hurricane whirling about, I tend to pray often and desperately.