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PRAYER AND VITAMINS
Many of us look at prayer about the way we take our vitamins. We don’t feel so well so we go to the doctor. The doctor tells us we just need vitamins. We frantically rush to the pharmacy and purchase all the vitamins prescribed for our health. The next morning we begin the process of faithfully taking our vitamins. This continues for a while. We are enthusiastic about our renewed energy and vitality. But after a couple of months, we get used to the change. In fact, we begin to question whether there really was that much of a change at all. These vitamins are expensive — they are hard to take — and taking them just seems to slow us down. So what if we miss a day or two — or three or four — or a week or two. Sure we feel a little guilty when the doctor asks if we are still taking our vitamins. We put…