Christian Reflection and Prayer

Mt. Vernon,   Texas :   Drummond's Bar began
construction on a new building to increase their
business. Across the street, the local Baptist
church  started a campaign to block the bar from
opening with petitions and prayers. Work
progressed right up till the week before opening
when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the
ground. The church folks were rather smug in their
outlook after that, until the bar owner sued the
church on the grounds that the church was
ultimately responsible for the demise of his
building, either through direct or indirect actions
or means. The church vehemently denied all
responsibility or any connection to the building's
demise in its reply to the court. As the case made
its way into court, the judge looked over the
 paperwork. At the hearing he commented,
"I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but
as it appears from the paperwork, we have a
bar owner who believes in the power of prayer,
and an entire church congregation that does not."