Comment A prayer to god in the atomic age (Score 2) 226
Father in heaven,
Humbly praying that you will look upon the earth and find your servants who petition you with prayer, and weak such that my prayer is in public, I petition that you will consider me now seeking your guidance, and let me pray led by your Holy Spirit, that the conflict between people claiming to own things given by your grace to the earth will be resolved amicably. Lord, we are proud and vengeful people, who seek you not in all things; we are not worthy of your condescension, but you did tell us that if we pray to you for help, and if we pray sincerely, not wavering, we will receive your help, and so in the name of your son Jesus Christ, I pray you will send angels to prepare the hearts and minds of those men who are arguing about mySQL. We know that in your eyes, neither owns it, for all belongs to you, but that by your grace you have given authority to represent you to one or the other of these groups. Both have worked hard to make mySQL a better product for the user, and we do not always know whether hard work makes ownership valid, but we trust that if we seek your blessings, and your light, you will hear our prayer. Oh, God, there are so many other things we could pray for this day, but this is the one which we present to you in these moments, seeking that you will be glorified, that we will be humble, and Lord that into your hands we commit these things, that you will consecrate them unto the welfare of our souls, as we seek to draw near you and rise above the dark confusions which plague this world. Father, I love you though I barely know you, for the graces you have poured out upon your unworthy children made worthy by the grace of atonement; in the name of your only begotten, whose example of baptism showed that you condescended to earth, to the rules of earth, to glorify even them, leads us back to you as we choose, rather than by force or coercion, depends on the light to be shone, that men may see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven, as you said in Matthew. Oh, God, be merciful, and raise us from corruption into incorruption, and cleanse us this day that we may serve you even in the midst of our poverty of compassion, Amen.
Humbly praying that you will look upon the earth and find your servants who petition you with prayer, and weak such that my prayer is in public, I petition that you will consider me now seeking your guidance, and let me pray led by your Holy Spirit, that the conflict between people claiming to own things given by your grace to the earth will be resolved amicably. Lord, we are proud and vengeful people, who seek you not in all things; we are not worthy of your condescension, but you did tell us that if we pray to you for help, and if we pray sincerely, not wavering, we will receive your help, and so in the name of your son Jesus Christ, I pray you will send angels to prepare the hearts and minds of those men who are arguing about mySQL. We know that in your eyes, neither owns it, for all belongs to you, but that by your grace you have given authority to represent you to one or the other of these groups. Both have worked hard to make mySQL a better product for the user, and we do not always know whether hard work makes ownership valid, but we trust that if we seek your blessings, and your light, you will hear our prayer. Oh, God, there are so many other things we could pray for this day, but this is the one which we present to you in these moments, seeking that you will be glorified, that we will be humble, and Lord that into your hands we commit these things, that you will consecrate them unto the welfare of our souls, as we seek to draw near you and rise above the dark confusions which plague this world. Father, I love you though I barely know you, for the graces you have poured out upon your unworthy children made worthy by the grace of atonement; in the name of your only begotten, whose example of baptism showed that you condescended to earth, to the rules of earth, to glorify even them, leads us back to you as we choose, rather than by force or coercion, depends on the light to be shone, that men may see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven, as you said in Matthew. Oh, God, be merciful, and raise us from corruption into incorruption, and cleanse us this day that we may serve you even in the midst of our poverty of compassion, Amen.
