Have you ever really wondered why? I have, almost everyday of my life.
Prayer is not just a conversation with God. It is also not a time to beg for something we really do not need. Prayer is Life; Payer is our time to hear God. Our day begins with prayer, ends with prayer, and lies hidden beneath the happenings of our day. We just need to recognize this and allow it to happen. Prayer is listening to God!
Prayer is what brings peace within me. I have a prayer list that is three pages long, two columns per page. I have no idea how many friends are on this list; I have no idea how many have died. Once on, all remain on my list. Each day I slowly read down one column of names. I think of these people and offer their names to God. I end with praying that all those on my list be comforted. I love them all,
This is the community I live with. I am active in my local communities and all whom I meet I silently pray for. All of the communities I have are precious and deserve my love. All are constructed on the love I share – God’s eternal Love. The Love of God is permanent; we just refuse to believe it sometimes. We tend to look for God in glorious objects and deeds. We may see Him there, but He is covered by glitter.
When I go to where my community lives, without the frill, without the glitter, I see God everywhere I turn. I see God in the war-torn villages of Ukraine; I see Him in every hospital room when I visit a friend. But – – I see Him most often and clearest standing at an intersection with a sign in His arms that reads homeless.
God is with us all; God loves us all; but I always feel the strongest presence of Him when I am with those who are left behind by society; this is where Jesus lived; these are the people He cherished and healed. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matt 5:5).
God asks so little of us. All we need to do is be together; be supportive of each other; hear and listen to each other. We are all broken persons, many in hidden ways. We refuse to admit this because we are ashamed. We cover our brokenness with our pride.
God asks us to come together in one community, love each other, pray together; pray alone; pray for each other, because prayer is life.
©Russell Kendall Carter
Meditating to Heal 
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