This morning on the drive in to work I was listening to one of my favorite radio shows. It was a roundtable discussion on the first petition of the Lord's Prayer. I've been lucky lately. God Whisperers just finished up a series on the prayer this week. Now Issues, Etc. has started one.
During the discussion (which I'm not finished listening to, by the way) Islam came up. Who are Muslims praying to? As they put it, if you're not praying to the Father, by invitation of His Son, you aren't praying to the One True God. You may be sincere in your faith, but if you aren't coming to Him as your Father, you're praying to the wrong god.
This week is Prayer Week at school. It's also the Hajj to Mecca. I have a couple of friends who are there this week. I have several women here that I consider to be my friends. I love these women. As colleagues, they're the best. They're the kind of people that make you enjoy meetings because you're spending those meetings with them, laughing and working and just making everything go down easier. As friends they're wonderful because they're always there to encourage and support you.
However my heart breaks for them. They're faithful in their prayers, but they're praying to a false god. They're sincere believers, but they've rejected Christ's invitation to be in relationship with the Father, as a child with her daddy. They're praying to one god, but not the One True God.
As I think about my friends in light of last week's broadcast and about my friends who are making their pilgrimage this week, I pray for them. I pray also for myself, that I may be a faithful witness and answer honestly and lovingly any questions that could arise as matters of faith come up in conversation.
3 comments:
Hey there girl! I was so proud to see a comment from you just now at my place. I've missed you!
I'll pray you will have ample opportunities to share your faith!
Praying for you Dear. That God would open up to you a door of utterance and dialogue with your friends. That every conversation would be season with salt and inspired of the Holy Spirit.
Hugs, GG
I am amazed at your life. I need to take notes and I will probably email you for help. We are looking to move to a part of Paraguay with a heavy mulsim population, mostly Iranian and Lebanese with He**b*ll* ties. I have to learn how to survive that while remaining a witness.
The first step will be to do a bit of 'housekeeping' at my blog. ;)
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