More thoughts on prayer
It is interesting to me just how much we like to talk about prayer. We dissect it and analyze it and make acronyms for it. We teach it and preach it and write books (and blogs!) about it. I wonder if we spend as much time actually praying as we do talking and reading and writing about it? One of my favorite quotes about prayer is from Martin Luther. I have seen it duplicated numerous times and every time it amazes me. " I have so much business, I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer. " Really? When is the last time you spent 3 hours in prayer during one day? How about during one week? We have allowed our lives to get so busy and so stressful that when we get home at night after a long day, we feel like if we spent an hour in prayer, we'd fall asleep after 5 minutes. I'm continuing to work at the importance of prayer in my life. I'll spend more time today praying. But I don't think it's a goal of 3 hours a day that is important...