Prayer is my connection to God. This is not a
new concept to me. I’ve been a Christian for
the majority of my life. I must admit that my
prayer life goes through phases, or seasons if I
may. I don’t tend to pray as much when I’m
on the mountain top than when I’m in the
valley. There’s an invisible safety net around
us that we tend to trust when things are going
our way. The longer we go without prayer and
trusting in ourselves the more holes starts to
form in our safety net. Then the inevitable
happens, and we fall through the net.
Most of us are totally shocked when this
happens. Things were going so good. Why did
I fall? I am a natural faller. I’ve done it all my
life and I perfected it. I’m the person who can
say I’ve fallen up the stairs – literary. I’ve
fallen sideways and backward; anyway you can
imagine. I’ve even falling when I’m sitting
down – now that’s takes true talent, let me tell
you.
The thing about falling is that the older
you get, the harder you fall. This may be a
cliche, but it’s true! When I was younger, I
would fall several times a day: my scraped
knees and elbows ware tokens that I had
survived another day. However, now my
token for falling is groaning and gnashing of
teeth for days on in.
What happened? Why did the results of
my falling change? Because I’m not as young
as I used to be, my body doesn’t bounce back
as it once did.
OK, so how does this relate to prayer?
Most of us when we became Christian, we
were super excited; we had that fire in our
bellies? Where did that fire go? It’s still there,
but for many of us it’s been dimmed out by the
realities of life – we get complacent in are
praying and when we fall through the safety
net we wonder why it hurts so much more than
it used to.
Perhaps it’s because as we age and grow
in our faith, we are supposed to be praying
more, but we get comfortable and we just
think we are OK where we are. The safety net
will always be there. Right?
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