Thoughts and prayers sound nice and they are nice -- when that is all that can be done. But in many cases, it takes more than thoughts and prayers to fix a situation.
Jesus did more than think and pray when he was faced with 5000 hungry people in a deserted place far from Mc Donald's. (Matthew 14: 15 - 21)
He did more than think and pray when the sick was brought to him. (Matthew 4: 24)
And He did more than think and pray when his friend Lazarus died. (John 11: 43)
But, you say, these are miracles. Jesus was able to do them because He was God.
True. Jesus did what He could do to show us that we need to follow His example and do what we can do.
So, I repeat what I said above: Thoughts and prayers sound nice and they are nice -- when that is all that can be done. However, thoughts and prayers need to be backed up with action.
A hungry person needs food, a sick person needs medical care, a tired person needs rest, a homeless person needs shelter. And a society besieged by gun violence needs protection.
If all we can do is think and pray, let us pray for those in authority that God will touch their hearts so they will do what needs to be done to prevent this slaughter of innocent lives.
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