The earth and its position in the Universe follows a pattern. It can be viewed as the economy of God. If we understand the economy of God, we can understand how to pray.
I find it interesting that while this year's pillar contains absolutely no water, there has been an over abundance of water on the earth. The water has been stirred up and moving. It has polluted itself by its own actions and it has been polluted by oil.
The amazing thing about the oil which has spilled out of the bowls of the earth, is that the cause of the spilling has each time been an event involving a quirk of nature over which man had not control and was unaware of for sometime. Then suddenly the eruption of events has made it very clear to the race of men that something was very wrong. There is a pattern here which I would like to understand better.