City It’s National Prayer Day!
Which I belatedly discovered after wandering into a giant prayer circle today at lunch. I had walked down to the Westlake Plaza to enjoy the sunshine, when a man confronted me:
“Do you want me to pray for you?”
He was a tank of a man, and he was staring at my legs.
“Nope,” I said. Part of me wanted to ask him why he felt compelled to pray for my legs, but mostly I just wanted him to leave.
The dude kept standing there. Staring.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to pray for you?”
“I’m fine. Thanks.”
“So you don’t want me to save you?”
“No.”
“I said: So you don’t want me to save you?”
“That’s right.”
And then he rolled his eyes at me and stomped off with his hands above his heads in practiced supplication to God and/or the SPD. That is when I looked around and noticed that many people were walking hands raised towards several big velvety flags on the opposite end of the plaza. It looked like a police bust at a renaissance fair.
But no! As it turns out, it’s our National Day of Prayer! Not only was I unaware that we had a NDP, but that there is even a NDP Task Force! Exciting! I stuck around long enough to hear a heated, run-on prayer about themediathechurchgovernmentandcivilauthoritieshealthfamilies(mylegs?)andthepoor, but sadly had to leave before the Corporate Prayer.
It was awesome.
Judging by the photo you posted, I can only assume that said legs we're a temptation and his ability to resist such a divine pair only reinforced his belief in his saviour, the lord jesus h. christ.