Lori's Blog

I really hate spammers. Yes I said "hate". For example, I have all kinds of "traps" on my website and blog to stop these guys. People can leave comments on the blog, but only after I approve and post them. Obviously some guy selling fake viagra or knock off purses is never going to get my approval. I also have box trappers on my email so this kind of junk doesn't get to me. Every once in a while I go through and check to make sure something important didn't get stuck. It is here I see the ridiculous email spam that I get. You would think they would learn.

Now I know that most of this garbage comes through by "bots" crawling the website. Thus why it can be difficult to blacklist them since they change their subject lines, ISP's and emails daily. But yesterday it really got me to thinking - do we do this to God?

When we pray, do we go through our list of wants and ask God help us transfer money to a bank account, "buy" into our latest and greatest idea, or to look the other way at our sinful minds and hearts. We spam Him day after day with mindless prayer requests, hoping He is reading our prayer-mail but never really looking for a substantive response. We never actually communicate with Him, listen for Him or ask what He wants us to do.

And what about His word. The Bible is God's true word, but sometimes we treat it like a blog. We can comment randomly on verses and expound on "what it means to me" rather than ask, "What is God saying here?" Then we expect God to approve our comments without any argument. We think that getting together in a group and discussing our viewpoints without anyone ever giving the real meaning of the passage as small group or Bible study. It's not! Studying God's word is work and it's about discovering God's meaning not ours.

So as much as spammers annoy me, I want to make sure that I don't "annoy" or disappoint God by praying like a spammer.