As part of my recovery from surgery in the hospital, I now have physical therapy from a Christian Egyptian (provided by Northwell) who escaped the oppression of the Muslim Brotherhood of 2010. I told him I wished I could do more for his fellow Christians than pray for them, but he assured me prayer was a great thing.
It is good to hear praise for prayer from someone who has relied on it, and I, who have had most of my needs provided, need that kind of affirmation. I am nevertheless grateful for an existence of which I need not be ashamed, and I know I have it from the Lord our God.
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