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November 15, 2007

If This is How God Answers Prayer ...

...then stop praying! On Tuesday, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue led a prayer service on the capitol steps begging God to send rain to the parched state. The next day the rains came. But was it, as some inspired Christians are claiming, a blessed answer to prayer?

In fact, the rain and accompanying storm came so hard that in Tennesee, the roof of a Baptist church was heavily damaged, sending glass flying into three children, who were subsequently taken to the hospital for their injuries. An ambulance business next door sustained heavy damage and a house collapsed, sending its residents to the hospital. And to top it all off, the rain wasn't sufficient to ease Georgia's drought, as only about an inch fell on the state.

Maybe the good Governor should have been a little more specific - say, asking for enough rain to fall on Georgia to ease its drought without hurting the neighbors.

Posted by Becky at November 15, 2007 02:24 PM