This is so neat. I had never heard this before...This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the 5 finger prayer a part of our lives.

1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. Let me point out our enemies can also be very close to us, and again quite difficult to forget!

2. The next finger is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach, instruct and heal. This includes teachers, doctors, and ministers. They need support and wisdom in pointing others in the right direction. Keep them in your prayers.

3. The next finger is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our leaders. Pray for the president, leaders in business and industry, and administrators. These people shape our nation and guide public opinion. They need God's guidance.

4. The fourth finger is our ring finger. Surprising to many is the fact that this is our weakest finger; as any piano teacher will testify. It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain. They need your prayers day and night. You cannot pray too much for them.

5. And lastly comes our little finger the smallest finger of all which is where we should place ourselves in relation to God and others. As the Bible says, "The least shall be the greatest among you. " Your pinkie should remind you to pray for yourself. By the time you have prayed for the other four groups, your own needs will be put into proper perspective and you will be able to pray for yourself more effectively.

If you decide to send this to a friend, you might brighten someone's day! Pass this on to someone special... I did. All of you!

And thanks, again, to Charlotte for sending me a box of "Bulletin-Helper" for these days when I am busy helping others and don't have time to think up a good one for myself.

Randy

Bonus! Some monkey math for those who like to rattle the cage of our geeky non-believing friends. I picked this up a while back and always enjoy watching the math inclined friends of mine first scoff then shake their head in wonder as they "figure" it out for themselves!

In defense of evolution it has been said that, "Given enough time, anything could happen. A monkey could even type the entire contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica." Rather than just accept such a statement, let us use the science of probability to ask, "How many monkeys, and how much time?" The odds of a monkey getting just the "e" of the title in the first position is 1 in 39 (less than the number of keys on a typical keyboard). The odds of getting an 'e' followed by an 'n' is (1/39 x 1/39). The odds against a monkey getting just the title 'Encyclopedia Britannica' correct (one time) is 1/1036. If these monkeys are extremely proficient and persistent typists, they live for 15 billion years, and they make one attempt every second for the assumed age of the universe (1016 seconds), this would still require 100,000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 monkeys. In other words, enough monkeys to cover every square foot of the entire surface of the globe, stacked one mile deep, making one attempt every second for the entire assumed age of the universe, might get just the title right... one time.