Prayer

When the author's divorce was not proceeding, and she was at her wit's end, at the urging of a friend, she wrote a petition asking God to held end the divorce. (ps. 32-34) The friend asked the author whether she could think of people other than herself who would sign the petition to God. The author began naming many names-people living and dead. As she named names, the author became less anxious. When she woke up, her cell phone rang and her lawyer announced that her husband had just signed the divorce papers. The author seems to have had a common view of petitioning God or prayer--that she alone could not ask for the results she wanted. She felt better when she asked in the name of many people. And when she finished her petition, she was less anxious. It will be interesting to see if the author still feels the same way about prayer after she spends time in India as the Ashram (Book Two).