Why your Prayer are not answered !
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I have heard that it had not rained in a village for many years, so the whole of the village had gathered in the temple to pray.
A small child was also going to the temple to pray. Everyone was laughing at him on the way.
Even the priest said, ”You stupid! Why are you carrying that umbrella with you? It has not rained for many years, that is why we are going to pray.”
That child had brought an umbrella. Thousands of people had gathered to pray but none of them had brought an umbrella.
The child said, ”I have brought the umbrella because when we pray it will certainly rain and I will need it on my way back.”
People just laughed, they said, ”He is mad.”
Can the prayer of such people be answered? Only this child’s prayer could be answered. He had deep trust; he had no doubt in the prayer; his prayer was full of deep trust. But the older people put
doubt in the mind of the child.
They said, ”Go home and put this umbrella away. It does not rain in this way.” They are going to pray, but do not have the confidence that it will rain by praying.
Then why pray at all?
It is better to be an atheist and be honest about it. What is the use of being a theist if you are dishonest? You have prayed many times but did you believe that it would be answered? When it is not answered, you say that you knew before hand that the prayer would not be answered.
You have knocked on the doors of the temple many times, but have you done so whole heartedly? With full trust? Or did you go with doubt?
If you went with doubt then you should not have gone at all – that would have been honest. By going, whom did you deceive? By going you have harmed yourself. Your prayer was unanswered. If your prayer is unanswered again and again then you lose your self-confidence; then you pray from
your lips and not from your heart.
By Ashok Nischal
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I have heard that it had not rained in a village for many years, so the whole of the village had gathered in the temple to pray.
A small child was also going to the temple to pray. Everyone was laughing at him on the way.
Even the priest said, ”You stupid! Why are you carrying that umbrella with you? It has not rained for many years, that is why we are going to pray.”
That child had brought an umbrella. Thousands of people had gathered to pray but none of them had brought an umbrella.
The child said, ”I have brought the umbrella because when we pray it will certainly rain and I will need it on my way back.”
People just laughed, they said, ”He is mad.”
Can the prayer of such people be answered? Only this child’s prayer could be answered. He had deep trust; he had no doubt in the prayer; his prayer was full of deep trust. But the older people put
doubt in the mind of the child.
They said, ”Go home and put this umbrella away. It does not rain in this way.” They are going to pray, but do not have the confidence that it will rain by praying.
Then why pray at all?
It is better to be an atheist and be honest about it. What is the use of being a theist if you are dishonest? You have prayed many times but did you believe that it would be answered? When it is not answered, you say that you knew before hand that the prayer would not be answered.
You have knocked on the doors of the temple many times, but have you done so whole heartedly? With full trust? Or did you go with doubt?
If you went with doubt then you should not have gone at all – that would have been honest. By going, whom did you deceive? By going you have harmed yourself. Your prayer was unanswered. If your prayer is unanswered again and again then you lose your self-confidence; then you pray from
your lips and not from your heart.
By Ashok Nischal
Why your Prayer are not answered !
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I have heard that it had not rained in a village for many years, so the whole of the village had gathered in the temple to pray.
A small child was also going to the temple to pray. Everyone was laughing at him on the way.
Even the priest said, ”You stupid! Why are you carrying that umbrella with you? It has not rained for many years, that is why we are going to pray.”
That child had brought an umbrella. Thousands of people had gathered to pray but none of them had brought an umbrella.
The child said, ”I have brought the umbrella because when we pray it will certainly rain and I will need it on my way back.”
People just laughed, they said, ”He is mad.”
Can the prayer of such people be answered? Only this child’s prayer could be answered. He had deep trust; he had no doubt in the prayer; his prayer was full of deep trust. But the older people put
doubt in the mind of the child.
They said, ”Go home and put this umbrella away. It does not rain in this way.” They are going to pray, but do not have the confidence that it will rain by praying.
Then why pray at all?
It is better to be an atheist and be honest about it. What is the use of being a theist if you are dishonest? You have prayed many times but did you believe that it would be answered? When it is not answered, you say that you knew before hand that the prayer would not be answered.
You have knocked on the doors of the temple many times, but have you done so whole heartedly? With full trust? Or did you go with doubt?
If you went with doubt then you should not have gone at all – that would have been honest. By going, whom did you deceive? By going you have harmed yourself. Your prayer was unanswered. If your prayer is unanswered again and again then you lose your self-confidence; then you pray from
your lips and not from your heart.
By Ashok Nischal
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