[pax_et_bonum]

This isn't "the proving ground" and it's no challenge to pray for someone just because their political perspective is different from mine.

My bet is that practically all of the praying type of folks here at FR have already been praying for Elizabeth Edwards and her family.

[HKMk23]

This isn't "the proving ground"...

This is real life, and real life is where we walk it out -- where we prove it -- every single day.

...it's no challenge to pray for someone just because their political perspective is different from mine.

For me neither, but we made a point of it for Tony Snow; we ought not shrink from making a point of it for Elizabeth Edwards.

My bet is that practically all of the praying type of folks here at FR have already been praying for Elizabeth Edwards and her family.

I think you're probably right about that. Still, this is a great object lesson for those who might not have been; an opportunity to get introspective and ask themselves, "Why haven't I?" Maybe somebody will grow in their spiritual maturity as a result of this.

[Lijahsbubbe]

This isn't "the proving ground" and it's no challenge to pray for someone just because their political perspective is different from mine. My bet is that practically all of the praying type of folks here at FR have already been praying for Elizabeth Edwards and her family.

Exactly