On Prayer

Contemplative prayer is a prayer that enables us to see the world through the eyes of God.  Prayer is putting on the mind of Christ so that we learn to see the world as God sees it.  Prayer is not designed to coax God: prayer is designed to change us....to take on the compassionate heart of Christ....
                                                                   Joan Chittister, OSB   Wisdom Distilled from the Ordinary

I liked this when I read it.  Prayer Ministry is dear to my heart.  We all need to spend more time in prayer!!!  We get so busy doing for the Lord that we often neglect our own personal spiritual growth.  Making time!  It's like that quote, " My day is so busy I'd better take time to pray."  These last eight weeks helping Bill with his recovery from hip surgery has been a test for both of us.  My daily prayer and worship time had to be rescheduled for a different time of day.  That really threw me off, and I must say that when I did squeeze some time later in the day I just fell asleep.  At times I felt like I had sleeping sickness.  Stress, they say, affects people in different ways.  Now that he is back to driving and more independent I feel like I am able to get back to my own life, and it is with a sense of relief that I say alleluia. 

Sit quietly in His presence and let Him change you.  If you are sincere in the prayer, Holy Spirit, speak your truth to my heart, he will begin to mold you more and more into the image of His son. Jesus. I always add, Jesus, if there is anything in me that is not of you, I rebuke it and cast it out in your name, reveal it to me so I may bring it to the foot of your cross.