I was taught that Deity (Gods,
Goddesses, The Powers That Be, whatever you believe in) will give you
only what you can handle or what you need. It almost sounds as if
offering prayers or asking for anything is a waste of time, yet –
as we state in our rituals – we offer our prayers.
But what if you pray to your Deity and
whatever it is that you're requesting goes incredibly wrong? You do
your ritual, make your offerings, implore your God or Goddess to help
maybe move the energies about a bit to facilitate whatever it is
you're needing, then go about your business – everything we're
taught from day one about spellwork. Then things start moving just
as you had requested. Looks like your spell is in motion! Hooray!
And then.....it all goes insanely crazy
wrong. You get the money you need to cover your bills, but as soon
as you pay them, a huge emergency pops up and you have no way to take
care of it. You receive the job offer you were hoping for, but the
terms have changed and you'll be making a lot less than you were
before. You finally meet a seemingly wonderful person, but as time
goes by, you realize this person is absolute the worst possible human
being on the face of the planet – and they are never going to leave
you alone.
What the hell????
Well, it occurred to me – what if
we're offering our prayers to the wrong Deity? I'm not saying we
should all drop Paganism and start practicing Christianity, because
I've seen plenty of Christians that have identical problems. But
here's the thing.....just about everyone I know chooses who they
offer prayers to. Every once in a while, I do hear about someone
chosen by their Deity, but that doesn't seem to happen too often.
So....what if we've been choosing the wrong God? And when we pray to
the wrong God, what if we just piss them off and they think it's
funny to mess with us? You know, let us think everything is gonna be
groovy, then yank the rug out from under us right when everything is
good.
Just a thought.....
