The scholar of religions Huston Smith is deceased (97 years old), his books on religion are sold millions and he started to write about religion and religious experiences after he himself had had a religious experience using halllucinating mushrooms. His work always testified great respect for all religions, anyway.
He said he learned his favourite prayer from a nine year old boy:
"Dear God, I do my best"
Would You
like to go comment on this?
It's a wonderful prayer, because it shows that
the nine year old boy was in direct contact with his Spark of God. The love of
God and the understanding of man, that you really can not do more than your
best, are expressed herein. This boy
knew this, Huston Smith knew this, and so he could write with tolerance and
respect about all religions, and he did thus an plea for interreligious
tolerance *.
After all, aren’t they doing all their best?
However, a simple prayer can be more powerful
and can contribute more to what is possible between God and man.
For doesn’t
God already know that this praying man is doing his best? In this prayer
is nothing of the knowledge of man about what God is doing and there's nothing
about the future, for the person who is praying is going to try and undertake
something, that’s the case in 99% of the situations in which man is starting to
pray.So I propose to stay at least with a simple prayer:
"I do my best and I know You will do the rest"
Or:
"Help me to continue doing my best?"
The nine year old boy and Huston Smith are
blessed.
My blessings to you all
Nr. 367
* Dutch newspaper Trouw, 2017, 9 January
