I am almost troubled by the posts I see on Facebook by people in the form of prayers seemingly addressed to GOD asking HIM for help, guidance, protection and whatnot. They appear in droves, flooding my newsfeed minute by minute. At the wake of the latest catastrophe in the form of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Bohol and Cebu the strongest, almost all posts that I could see are all about people seeking God for personal and collective supplications.
Sure, I am touched that people care about those that were hardest hit. But posting prayers on Facebook? Is this the venue for prayers? Has prayer forms evolved to now include posts on Facebook? If people are truly sincere about praying to God, should they not just pray to God directly? Some of those posts even end in AMEN. Like, AMEN. Are these posts prayers then?
I remember one friend on Facebook, Mark, posting this on his FB page +Mark Manginsay: "Oh please, pray in ur room or some prayer rooms. Not on facebook!" He couldn't have said it better, in my opinion. In fact, I could have said the exact same thing.
I do not remember getting a memo on this one about posting a "prayer" on FB as an acceptable way of praying. Or is one really praying when one posts a "prayer" on FB? I almost wonder about the sincerity of it. Do you really want GOD to hear your intentions? Or is it that you just want others on FB to know that you are "praying?"
Here now is another question. Does GOD select which prayers He will hear? Or how they are made? Or has HE joined the internet age and now checks on his FB account ( does He have one?) to see which friends of HIS are posting prayers to which He will grant requests to: help, protection, enlightenment, discernment?
I see many of these or similar posts every single day: "Please God protect my family from harm. Amen." Is this really addressed to GOD? Really? Virtually? Actually? And then wait for others to "LIKE" your post or even put down comments on them. What exactly is the objective?
Pray tell.
No comments:
Post a Comment