Praying

One of the realizations, through God's grace, I came to gain a better understanding about this past week at Camp Ne-O-Tez, is how fiercely God guards the avenue of prayer between Him and His creation. When I gave a class the opportunity to pray silently, I was asked how I could know if anyone was actually praying. That's when it hit me. No one can make anyone pray and conversely, no one can KEEP anyone from praying.

Prayer in the schools gets a lot of play from legislatures mandating a "moment of silence" to reflect, gather one's thoughts or pray. Corporate prayer gets a lot of press with the separation of church and state being pounded to death from every angle.

Amid all the opinions and controversy God has created the opportunity which cannot be denied people or compelled upon people with a strength so mighty He can STILL be reasoned away as uninvolved if it is so chosen by any particular individual to do so.