# Logistics of prayer

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**Created:** [September 21, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-of-prayer/1023271 "2025-09-21T18:11:01Z")\
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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> Praying is a time to pause the hustle of life to reflect. To be thankful for what you have. To be hopeful for what you need. To consider others and their needs. And how to improve yourself and the world.

And i was just on the phone with some Christian friends, asking about my husband.

> [@My husband is seriously ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-seriously-ill/1023019):
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> He probably has multiple myeloma, although we won’t know until after the biopsy he’s supposed to get today is analyzed. He’s currently hospitalized with acute kidney problems. He was supposed to be scanned to diagnose his back pain (which looked like myeloma) when the accompanying blood work prompted his doctor to tell him to get admitted via the emergency department. Any advice, war stories, experiences, or just emotional support would be appreciated.

When they got off the phone, the wife said, “you will both be in our prayers”. And i think that’s what they meant. Not that they are going to bargain with God about healing him, but that they will be considering him (and me) when they pray. So i replied, “thank you”.

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