When I pray - I mean really pray - for people and situations throughout the day, I'm a much humbler person and more sensitive to the lives of the people around me. I am not the master of my fate and captain of my soul. I've tried that, and it makes me more of a task master and a jerk. Prayer puts things in God's hands, and I like the Creator's power more than my own.Mike Tenbusch
About This Quote
In this quote, the author refers to an old idea that prayer is a way of not taking charge of the world, but of being a passive observer. Rather than praying that God will take care of everything, we just let things happen and leave it up to God. This idea was popularized by Christian missionaries in Africa in the 19th century.
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