Dear Editor,
Many would assume that because it is the hurricane season it is pressed upon us to pray. I say “nothing ’t all go so.” Why? Because one or more prayers for every occasion can be found in the Book of Common Prayer, used in the Anglican church.
During the sermon on Sunday past while pressing upon the congregation that we should pray for our people in government he also said that not all people in government are Christians. They go to church on occasion, but many of them are not Christians.
After the service a member of the church approached me with the question “How the priest could say that? He forget that the sermon does be broadcast every Sunday on the radio?”
My reaction was “Sooo?”
“But it is the government he talking about.”
I stopped that person right there and then, and asked. “Did the priest tell a lie?” I continued to ask that person how often have you not heard said that “there are more wicked people in the church than outside”? What have you done about it?
Those who say so also need praying for. If such things can be said about the church family, why can’t the priest speak the truth? The priest was not targeting the people in government, he was admonishing not to judge them, because they also must be prayed for.
I did not expect that observation, hence my reaction.
As I mentioned before, it goes without saying that during every service we include the people in government in our intercessory prayers I followed that sermon attentively and, just like I suggested a few weeks ago that we should all pray daily for protection against natural disasters, I believe that we should all get in the habit of daily praying for each other. No matter the relationship.
I strongly believe that if all of us, no matter how old or how young, would get in the habit of praying for each other, our behavior (demeanor) will change towards each other. If anyone out there is assuming that those conscionable articles will stop coming, I believe this is one.
Try praying for each other, you might like it.
Russell A. SIMMONS
