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make me "know" why it is prayers are never answered,especially the most horrible and important ones,

make me "know" why it is prayers are never answered,especially the most horrible and important ones, I want at minimum 15 lines, "original", and start out making me cry, but in the end, I want to believe without a doubt there is a God, and how much he loves me, I am not a nitpicker about lines, it just has to make me "really" swirl, then pick me up and help me make it through another miserable hopeless day, my faith is wavering, I want a poem to always look at and know "He" is with me, this isn't about winners or losers, winner will be picked randomly my friends already know they are what I view as the "best" anyway, possibly a lesser known author, don't want friends feelings hurt over this, so anyway, please submit though you may not win your words may mean the world to me, will be judged feb 14th or 15th may even let another person help judge, typos and grammar don't bug me, I want emotions and feelings. so if you can just write a poem more for just the "principle" of it, this should really be you

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on February 15, 2003
  • Rewards: Gold: 500
  • Final notes:
    Joe: Ok this was very very EXTREMELY difficult, I cried over many of these entries, and I was filled with hope from many too, and then well we had a few that irked me, but I hope you all know you did spectacular and amazing jobs here, I seen so much beauty and heart in this contest, I almost feel bad for even starting it and priviliged by so much heartfelt and amazing compassion shown in this contest, the substance and thought in nearly all of these writes is some of the best reading I have read ever here at AP, and to think it was for me to personally read, just makes me feel so special and I thank every one of you, you all know who you are, for letting me be priviliged to feel your hearts, I can only give you all my humblest and sincerest thank yous and I was greatly lifted up by so many of your beautiful focused and aimed words, I can truly say, my faith is much stronger now, and my heart feels so much more humble, I wish I could give everyone of you beautiful people first place, I really truly do, and I didn't even want to judge this after I had received so many beautiful entries, I am just amazingly blessed to know all you people, and wel I just give you sincerest, and humblest thank yous,
    May God bless everyone of you,
    and for those that don't believe out here,
    may love and compassion fill your hearts also,
    Most sincerely,
    Kindest humble regards,
    joe

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  • Molassis
    February 2, 2003
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    Joe, I entered your contest... but it's a little late... sorry... hope it's not too late to be considered. Thanks, Melissa


  • rainy
    February 3, 2003
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    Joe, my way of giving you an anwser may have in fact been offensive and crude. But it was in fact an answer, just not the one you wanted to hear. It is the simplist answer that makes the most sense as to why prayers aren't answered. I am not a very happy person either, it is not as if I am just poking fun at your pain. I was in the same boat as you before, struggling to keep my faith, praying to God for more faith. You may continue as you must. I wish there were a caring God in this world, one that loved us, took care of use, and let us know that he existed. But there just isn't. It wasn't easy for me to accept this, it was a hard blow. You want an explaination? Or do you want comfort? Why doesn't God answer prayers of the believers? I think only you can know the answer to that. You will believe what you want, you can believe what you want. So shall I.

    One writer I found to be uplifting in the bleakest of times was Bertrand Russell, he had away to turn the bleak into the hopeful.


  • BrokenSouledPoetess
    February 3, 2003
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    Thanks for the lovely comment you left

  • Rage Of The Machine
    February 3, 2003
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    Joe, you are an utter, total hypoctite considering the comment you left on georgie's [Prayers Are Never Answered]. Also, i left a comment on Faith Questionable that I think you and your buddies should read, because you all attacked me out of blatant ignorance.

    Which comes to the main purpose of this comment:

    I demand apologies from you and whomever else decided to attack me. If you thought it was an attack you should have IM'd me first.


  • -Joey- silver member
    February 4, 2003
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    why would I appolgize for actually being friends with a person whom prescribes to the same or nearly the same belief system as you? hers was so asnine it made me laugh ONLY because she was my friend, otherwise I found no humor in it, and she doesn't go around wantonly leaving comments like that s far as I know on people she don't know from Adam, but then I would leave that up to you to go research being you are so obsessed with making me a "believer" yourself, SO ANYWAY, I AM NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR BEING FRIENDS WITH AN ATHEIST, sorry if that bothers you, but guess what, LIVE WITH IT.
    I guessit may be hypocritical to be friends with someone that believes in contrary beliefs,? and if you noted even georgie realized my comment was not an approval and had to return to clarify it wasn't a joke, anyway, I am going to treat you a lot different, you are not,and never were a friend of mine, hence you never had one ounce of my respect, and from your words, it appears you never will, it appears Rainy was a lot more of a human being than you were, and hence I treated her as a human, but well yo are asking me to treat you like I don't like you, what you will get instead, and this will really boother you I am sure, is prayers, LOL< and the hypocritical thing, is why in the world would that bother you, you don't even believe, so what difference should it be? so anyway,
    your in my prayers now,
    God bless,
    joe


  • Barbara gold member
    February 18, 2003
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    The man whispered, "God, speak to me" And a meadowlark sang.... But the man did not hear.

    So the man yelled "God, speak to me" And the thunder & lightning rolled across the sky.... But the man did not listen.

    The man looked around and said, "God, let me see you." And a star shined brightly.... But the man did not see.

    And, the man shouted, "God, show me a miracle" And a life was born.... But the man did not notice.

    So, the man cried out in despair, "Touch me, God, and let me know you are here", whereupon, God reached down and touched the man.... But the man brushed the butterfly away and walked on.

  • Barbara gold member
    February 18, 2003
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    Dang! Deleted part of that last post......what I left out was....
    I usually don't post things like that, but I received it in my e-mail, and thought it was kind of sweet.

  • Odyssey
    July 1, 2003
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    I was looking at some of your work and stumbled across this contest...I was instantly inspired and wrote, even though the contest it closed, I'm going to post it.

  • Odyssey
    July 1, 2003
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    Look for "Never There" if you want to have a read...if ya don't like it its your own fault since you made me write it...lol

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