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[quote=Anonymous]I usually start prayer with thanksgiving.  That alone is helpful because it shifts my perspective.  Recently, I had to make a decision about whether or not to medicate my child with ADHD, and I started by thanking God for giving me the opportunity to parent this incredible, wonderful little boy, and recognizing how incredibly lucky I am that I am not making this decision alone, but have the counsel of an excellent medical/psychological team.  In the end, those thoughts gave me a new perspective, and helped me have more confidence in my eventual decision, which was not to medicate him.* It wasn't "Jesus says no drugs", it was like talking with a friend with shared values and getting clarity.

I have never had an experience where I felt like Jesus talked to me or directed me to a decision.  That wouldn't fit with my understanding of free will anyway.  It's more like he stood with me and that presence gave me the ability to calm down and put aside my anxiety and have some perspective.

*DS has medical issues that made this a complicated decision, in other circumstances I would likely have made a different choice.  [/quote]

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