Fearing Gd in the Truest Sense When Petitioning Hashem in Prayer

Before we petition the L-rd in prayer, our hearts should be striken with fear of Gd, as we are requesting a change to reality, and in fact questioning if our L-rd's oversight of the universe is insufficient.

It is this way: sometime the Torah records the sins of the patriarchs and matriarchs of the religion.  We know in Torah that it is a sin to marry sisters, and yet Jacob married the sisters Leah, and then Rachel.  This was out of Hashem's grace, and nothing else.  When or if someone tries to recreate the idea of Jacob's marriage to sisters, it is but an abomination.

It is the same way with Abraham.  Abraham stood before the Creator of the universe and pleaded that Sodom would not be destroyed.  Abraham petitioned G-d, which is completely audacious, and yet Gd did not annihilate Him because Abraham had proved himself worthy of Gd’s love through not sacrificing his son Isaac.

To those of us who take prayer lightly, I really feel that this is almost as the way a child perceives the world.  A child does not know what to fear, and must learn fear.  Thus, for those that petition Gd lightly, I believe His response is distant.  However, for Abraham and those who know Gd; great fear of Gd is upon them when they pray.

Honest Prayers for the Victory of Mitt Romney

I'm praying for the victory of Mitt Romney. I won't say that I think he is the perfect candidate. For example, I don't like his running mate, all the while realising that his choice is wise. I have a general distaste for religious conservatives.

I am sold on Mitt Romney because he has proved that he is qualified as a leader who achieved getting good legislation passed when in government he was very much in the minority as a Republican. My wife pointed out to me that the differences between Republicans and Democrats have a greater amount of polarization at the federal level. However, for example, Romney has talked clean coal for example shows that he is able to think beyond the narrow confines of the state of his govenorship.

My worst fear of Romney has dissipated, and that was that he would be a trigger happy Republican. In the 3rd, and last debate, that Romney was constantly trying to shift his focus to the economy rather than talking about what countries he would attack demonstrates that once again, Romney is the candidate of evolution, that is, he evolves to what America needs as time changes. He is my choice because his changes are the right changes.