"God help those who help themselves"...is a famous saying..
By brisk123
@brisk123 (2823)
India
August 30, 2008 8:15pm CST
..that people usually quote on some occasions in life situations.There are few people in this world who likes to blame God for almost everything that happened in their life.I believe,a prayer without hardwork and labour is useless.God will bless us only if we also play our role actively and not just sit and wait for miracles.Share your opinion.
6 responses
@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
31 Aug 08
I sort of figure God's too busy to micromanage everyone's life. We must show that we're truly doing the best we can if we expect any kind of Divine assistance. In fact, since God saw to it that we had brains and the means to use them, we've had all te help we need. Do-it-yourself goes for every aspect of life, not just Home Depot!
@shahmeerx (368)
• Pakistan
31 Aug 08
Then why was prayer invented my friend, nothing can be done without it, give it a try and then give it a try with praying , youll see what happens
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
31 Aug 08
I've never done anything without praying, so I don't know how things would work without it. I praise God and give thanks for all I have and all I can do, then I do it! Parying isn't just a way to get God to do things for us. It is in praise of God that we are able to do so much!
@shahmeerx (368)
• Pakistan
31 Aug 08
if you call God all mighty then how do you seem to think that he is too busy, My friend All mighty means ultimate,he is never too busy to listen to our prayers , and we should pray to God along with our efforts to acheive something we really want.
@shahmeerx (368)
• Pakistan
31 Aug 08
If throwing out personal opinion, i truly beleive that praying is never useless, we can depend fully on God , but when we want to acheive our goal we must pay attention to the road and omens, we must indeed work hard to acheive it, sometimes we also get ourselves into situations where we cannot do anything ourselves,we must turn towards God then because He is who we share our most personal secrets with , pray and seek refuge from evil =)
@jonesy123 (3948)
• United States
31 Aug 08
If you sit back and wait for a miracle, you might have a problem as that arrogance might make you undeserving of a miracle. If you actively do something about your problem you may be nudged into the right direction to have success. You also learn from the situation and you will be more humble about your experience.
Furthermore, one cannot constantly ask for a problem to just miraculously vanish. With all of our daily little problems that would be asking way too much. And one would only learn to be lazy and do nothing. That's not what God is about anyway.
@intimate36 (1415)
• Pakistan
31 Aug 08
I agree with you..to have success , you should be hard working , honest , punctual ...and of course , help of GOD.
But , if you sit in one place , and epect all goes well..not possible..
@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
3 Sep 08
Absolutely you are right in this matter that God will only provide us with all the Blessings in Life we work on it especially if we would like to achieve something good in our life then we have too like for example for the student they have to study well to achieve and finished from School......
