Pray for Brittany

Pray for Brittany

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edward w pritchard

A picture is making the rounds of the Internet of Brittany Spears in which her former manager says she appears to be terrified upon leaving extended stay a mental health facility for treatment. She certainly appears to not be herself and in need of comfort in the photographs in question.

Please pray for Brittany. Please pray even if like me you are not strong believer.

Once I was robbed at gun point and for a moment or two I had two loaded pistols pointed within four inches of my head. I was not in the least scared then or later. Later a police chief interviewed and interrogated me related to me being held at gunpoint while working. The chief described me  as having a flat affect, meaning no emotion at all concerning the incident.

Another time nearly a half century later I received a phone call imparting bad news to the status quo as I lived it and I was described shortly thereafter by an impartial observer as being temporarily "scared to death".Yet I was in absolutely no imminent danger merely receiving normal information by phone.

Please pray for Brittany. Please pray even if like me you are not a bona fide believer.

James Longstreet Confederate Civil war General was fearless in battle and a man's man burly and tough. Yet even though he was a veteran of many bloody in war encounters his attitude and nature was changed when three of his children died suddenly of scarlett fever. Following his children's deaths Longstreet changed his philosophy in battle from offensive and aggressive to defensive and cautious to the detriment of his later reputation as a General. Perhaps his mind could never blot-out the sudden deaths of those three children.

Please pray for Brittany that she may find solace.