"Yet Godric prays the way he breathes, for else his heart would wither in his breast. Prayer is the wind that fills his sail. Else waves would dash him on the rocks, or he would drift with witless tides. And sometimes, by God's grace, a prayer is heard." (F. Buechner "Listening to Your Life" p. 66)
Prayer is a funny commodity. People of faith, whether deep or shallow, will use it. The shallow faith taps into prayer only in times of crisis. A deeper faith has prayer be much like breath, something that is done naturally without even thinking about it.
I try to go deeper in my faith, and I find that intentionality in prayer is the key. I'd like to get to a place where prayer just happens, where I don't have to schedule it. I'm not there yet, but I'm getting better at keeping my appointments with it.
I do know that prayer is a centering place. Taking the time for it, energizes me to get done what needs to get done. Prayer centers me and allows me to unload when I'm feeling crushed and keeps me from floating to far afield.
I do believe prayer is heard all the time, it isn't always answered in the way I would expect and sometimes I need to pray just to grasp how it was answered.
Blessings,
Ed
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