May your trust be as bold as your prayers.
"For this is our Lord’s will: that our trust be as great as our prayers." Julian of Norwich
Is your trust as great as your prayers? I read this piece early this morning and it has stuck with me all day. It has made me wonder if my trust is truly as great as my prayers. It also made me wonder if my prayers are as bold as my trust. It is one thing to pray; it is another thing to trust.
To be honest my sincere desire is for God’s will for my life. What do you want God? This is my main prayer every day. "God please do your will in my life and help me do my part. I offer you my heart, please live there. Give me the courage to walk with Jesus.May my light shine." Why would I want anything that is not from God or not of God? I pray for friends and family. There are so many things I hope for those I love. Yet I have noticed that when I pray there is something deeper in me that I try to get in touch with and it is less about things and more about being in the presence of God—consciously. It is my heartbeat or a place that is deep within me and I try to express that part of me to God; sometimes I use words, sometimes I just breathe and I find comfort in being conscious of the God who live in me.
I attempt to touch the longings of my soul and offer the longings to God, for the longings in my soul seem to be inspired by the Spirit who breathes life in me. Gandhi said, "Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart." Maybe that is when my prayers a most bold and my trust is most bold—when they come from my heart. I just know when I close my eyes and breathe I come into the presence of Jesus, the face of God. And when I stand in the presence of Jesus he sees the longings of my soul and I sense that I can trust him with my life. Psalm 37:4 claims, "Delight yourself in God and God will give you the desires of your heart."
Prayer is a gift where I can open my soul to God and pour out my heart and I cannot imagine the God that I have experienced to be bored or burdened by my prayers. I just wonder if my prayer needs to be, "God help me to trust you today with my life; help me to trust you with the longings of my soul."
4 Comments:
so often my prayers these days have no words, and i feel guilty about that at times. good to read your post and be encouraged that this too is OK.
"It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
i'm lovin' that. thanks my friend.
Well, I'm struggling in both areas, brother, so this was a great post for me.
Right now, it is much easier to pray for others than it is to pray for me, even though I surely need to just "be in the presence of God - consciously."
Still, I'll vote with Anne Lamott that "Help me, help me, help me!" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" are a good place for my prayers to start...
How do I develop that trust? I can't even trust myself most days, so I'm not sure how to trust God. I don't pray for things much really; it seems so shallow, since I believe that God knows all, sees all, and takes care of it all. But do I trust God to know all, see all, and take care of it all? Trust is with the heart, while belief is with the head. My heart hurts and doesn't work too well. Thus, to paraphrase Derek Webb, "Lord, I do want a broken heart, one that only You can fix."
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
Rick, awesome quote.
Layla
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