With the devastation of the hurricane front and center in the mind, I have been unable to get out of my mind Pat Robertson's claim a while back that his group had prayed a hurricane out of their direct path. Must be nice to have a God who is powerful enough to change the course of the hurricane toward the heathen, allowing you to remain unscathed in a wealthy lifestyle. Too bad God isn't strong enough to just stop the hurricane. And too bad such people won't admit they don't think God's going to stop it or they'd have prayed for that instead (at least you would think they would). I sometimes think the only prayers worth praying are along the following lines:

God deliver all people from evil, and show me what I must do to be a part of making that happen.