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To: cva66snipe
Now to even pray beyond a couple of complete thoughts I generally must go off alone meaning away from the house to seclusion.

You would be amazed by the effect ritual has on overcoming this very problem.

830 posted on 06/29/2009 9:29:31 PM PDT by papertyger (A difference that makes no difference is no difference)
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To: papertyger
You would be amazed by the effect ritual has on overcoming this very problem.

Nope. I can sit in a church and my concentration is maybe 5 minutes on a good day. On a bad day the sounds there would make it unbearable. Look if I can't complete the thought process of saying The Lords Prayer at times that says there is another prevailing issue at hand I am dealing with and it's not a spiritual cause. It's the same reason I have problems reading and concentrating. But I can go take a two mile walk and say my prayers such as they are. I'll return much more recharged spiritually than I would an hour in church.

For that matter on a good day I can put on the headphones with Gospel Music and achieve the same. Ironically one of the few things I can do that come easy i playing my old six string. I learned to play on Gospel Songs. Actually it was listening to a Willie Nelson album The Troublemaker LOL. One of my top favorites of several hundred CD's.

GOD gives to each of us our callings and places to be.

838 posted on 06/29/2009 9:46:36 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
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