I’m not really in the mood or very reflective right now so perhaps I should wait to write until I get “inspired”… The church is doing a 24/7 prayer time this week for the 3rd or 4th time. Good stuff. A good time for the people in the church to do some focusing. Including me. Prior to this time, Pastor Tom did a series on prayer which yielded some interesting discussion during our CONNECT small group time. And now I’m reading The Shack and finding my perspective of God being tweaked and solidified. Also with watching Conversations with God again.
Perhaps this prayer thing is more difficult as has been suggested by some of the people in the small group. Maybe I oversimplify it. Or perhaps I don’t value the Authority, the vastness of who God is and I am disrespectful of the situation.
Though those thoughts enter the mind from tome to time, I’m not really on that page. I guess I don’t understand why people make it so difficult. Ok, so, I’m even finding it hard to pray as I had before. But, I see the distractions in my life pulling me away. I certainly don’t see God pulling away. I see and hear others talk about when they finally get “in the mood”, whatever that means (mind space, physical space, etc.), they fall asleep or their minds wander or something happens. Why do we have to be “in the mood” or have the “right” circumstances/situations in order to feel like only then we can pray? If God encourages us to “pray without ceasing”, what does that mean?
I’ve thought about writing about this subject for a while and really didn’t do it justice. Perhaps I’ll study some more and continue the thought.
Tonight I head back to the “PrayerMobile”. Looking forward to it.
