FairestOfThemAll37
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2013
I'm surprised my the number of people who find "I'll pray for you" well meaning. I've almost always heard it used as a way of somebody expressing judgement to let me know how "sinful" I am. It almost always comes across as condescending.
This! I find the difference between "I'll pray for you" and "I'll keep you in my prayers" huge when it comes to the connotation. The second is almost always genuine. When that comes from Someone of the Christian, Muslim, Jewish, etc. faith in a time of ******* for me I always say thank you. To me it's good thoughts in the universe and a sign of genuine care about me. I feel it's a way to say I'll keep you in my thoughts and heart.
It seems to be my experience that it's I'll pray for because you clearly need it, you heathen and I'll keep you in my prayers because there's some struggle you're facing and I care.
I don't particularly like the expression "I'll pray for you." It's just not me. I usually say, "I'll keep you in my prayers." I hope that's never offended anyone. I generally only say it when someone has told me something where prayer would be a possible response to what they've expressed.
This! I find the difference between "I'll pray for you" and "I'll keep you in my prayers" huge when it comes to the connotation. The second is almost always genuine. When that comes from Someone of the Christian, Muslim, Jewish, etc. faith in a time of ******* for me I always say thank you. To me it's good thoughts in the universe and a sign of genuine care about me. I feel it's a way to say I'll keep you in my thoughts and heart.
It seems to be my experience that it's I'll pray for because you clearly need it, you heathen and I'll keep you in my prayers because there's some struggle you're facing and I care.