Last week I attended a conference where I experienced two workshops on prayer. To be specific, they were developed from a book written by Paul E. Miller called "A Praying Life."
Now my prayer life is generally quite active, but like most I'm told, often distracted. Life has a way of reaching out and shaking your tree when all you want to do is sit quietly underneath it.
What I was hoping for was a fresh new prayer life. Maybe an avenue I hadn't traveled before. A path that would inspire and energize me.
What's the take-away? Well it's only been ten days or so, and the book still smells brand new, but I can reveal that my prayer life has been renewed. Renewed in a way I was ironically praying for.
The realization that praying exposes how self-preoccupied we are and that it uncovers our doubts was reassuring. There's comfort in knowing you're normal. Learning to pray doesn't offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. Now there's a place I want to hang out.
Again, I'm only just touching on a bit of what this book has to offer, but I need to share my overwhelming joy in finding it. Though I'm not big on book reviews, I suppose in the future this might be the exception.
'Pray without ceasing,' (1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV)
Pray on,
Eddy
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