Dear-God.net

Dear-God.net is this amazing website where people send in their prayers and the administrator puts some of them to beautiful pictures. The administrator happens to be on a listserv I am on for work.

What I like about the site, is that the prayers are earnest and from the heart without being demonstrative or preachy. The sentiments are non-denominational.

It is a site full of prayers how I believe G-d wants them. Not full of blasphemy, destruction of another human being or coaxed in the prejudice of one religion over another, but from the soul without pretense.

Some examples:

Dear God,

My girlfriend had an abortion last month.

We talked about it, cried over it and came to a conclusion that its best we lose it. She was devastated after the ordeal as she felt she had lost a little part of herself during this incident. We are both young, desperately searching for better things in life. I am not financially stable or mentally ready to have a kid yet. I was told no one is ever ready.

She knows i don’t want a kid yet, and she aborted it cos’ she loves me. She very much wanted the child but realized realistically we can never have one right now.

Repercussions are severe. Everything reminded us about the abortion. Contrary to popular belief, men suffer from this as well. The guilt and frustration stemmed from this incident bores no limit. I couldn’t find strength to go to work everyday. I am mentally strained knowing that it happened because i am selfish.

I am not able to make love to her nowadays due to this. Its just not the same anymore. Maybe its the stress, maybe work is wearing me down. I don’t know. She told me she couldn’t continue with me because seeing me reminds her of all the pain and hurt she had to go through.

I sometimes feel its best if I can just vanish from this country, away from everyone I know and start afresh. I know fleeing seems tempting but i still stand here with my responsibility towards her.

So dear God, can you give me the courage to forgive myself, be a better man and move on?

Ritcher, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The pictures on this are amazing...

Dear God, I dream of dying every night, but the dream keeps on going… then I wake up. When will you come get me? I feel like these dreams are horrible teases.

Emily, New York/USA

And mine:

Dear God,

Please give me the strength to be the person I am meant to be.

There are some about sex, about the nature of g-d, about absolution… etc…

Its an amazing site… you should check it out.

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