I guess I'm not sure if you're trying to make the point that the tools you're using are working for you for the purposes you want to use them, or if you're basically just asking Daddy for help, to use your own analogy with the toolbag.
I use tarot cards for specific reasons. I don't expect them to be conduits for some supernatural force, I expect them to help me organize my thoughts, or find a way to give advice to people who can interpret it in their own way. I don't really expect the magic pecan to help, but if it does...well, what's the harm? And if it doesn't, I'm out the cost of a pecan. If nothing else, it'll give me an impetus to get up on Monday and go look for jobs.
I don't know if my mom genuinely believes that what she's trying will work, but if it does and she finds her ring, great. If it doesn't work, maybe she'll feel better knowing that she's done all she can think of to find it, or that she was meant to lose it for some reason and it's not a total tragedy. It's her thing and her reasons. These things work for some people.
If you're trying to say that you're using prayer as a tool, go you. That's great. If you believe you're genuinely getting assistance from a supernatural force and that makes things work for you, fantastic. It's a very specific tool and you've learned how to use it well, and that's good for you; if other tools don't work for you the same way they work for some people, maybe they just aren't meant to work for you or for what you were using them for. You can't use a hammer to screw in a nail. I'm learning to work with certain tools for my own reasons.
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I use tarot cards for specific reasons. I don't expect them to be conduits for some supernatural force, I expect them to help me organize my thoughts, or find a way to give advice to people who can interpret it in their own way. I don't really expect the magic pecan to help, but if it does...well, what's the harm? And if it doesn't, I'm out the cost of a pecan. If nothing else, it'll give me an impetus to get up on Monday and go look for jobs.
I don't know if my mom genuinely believes that what she's trying will work, but if it does and she finds her ring, great. If it doesn't work, maybe she'll feel better knowing that she's done all she can think of to find it, or that she was meant to lose it for some reason and it's not a total tragedy. It's her thing and her reasons. These things work for some people.
If you're trying to say that you're using prayer as a tool, go you. That's great. If you believe you're genuinely getting assistance from a supernatural force and that makes things work for you, fantastic. It's a very specific tool and you've learned how to use it well, and that's good for you; if other tools don't work for you the same way they work for some people, maybe they just aren't meant to work for you or for what you were using them for. You can't use a hammer to screw in a nail. I'm learning to work with certain tools for my own reasons.