Chase the Setting Sun...

I have noticed something over the last year or so. As I look through places like Facebook and Twitter I see a lot of people putting up posts about things going on in their life, some of them not so good things. Often they will get comments of encouragement from friends and family.


As I look through these comments I have noticed an overall trend of people saying something like "Sending good thoughts your way!" or "Sending positive energy." Now this typically wouldn't bother me and I wouldn't normally notice, but I have noticed that some of these people call themselves "Christians."


It seems wierd to me that a Christian wouldn't just say "I'm praying for you." Isn't that what we do as Christians...pray for each other? To me it just seems like these people are just afraid to just be transparently Christian and just straight up say they are praying for someone.


For some reason the phrase, "Sending positive energy" just sounds cultish to me. We're Christians, we pray.


Now, I'm not saying that telling someone that you are thinking about them is bad. That is a good thing, letting someone know you care. To me, if I am a Christian, I can be thinking about someone and praying for them. There is a difference to me, if only in how we are witnessing to the world (even if just the Social Media world), in saying "I am praying for you," vs. "I am sending positive energy/thoughts your way."


Non-Christians; continue sending "Positive energy/thoughts" to your friends and family in need. I think in some way you are praying at a basic level, whether you intend to or not.


Christians; let's be willing to let the world know that we are Christians and that we believe in the power of prayer. That's nothing to be ashamed of.


"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone" ~ 1 Timothy 2:1


"And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well: the Lord will raise him up." ~James 5:15


"The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective" ~James 5:16b