Prayer

Who is God? We don’t know; we really do not ever truly know. I don’t know, but I continue to pray. We live in this thick cloud of unknowing of who God truly is, but we must continue loving, for loving is the one true commandment that matters in the world in which we live; when we love God, when we love each other, we lift this cloud of doubt and understand that no matter how confused we are about not knowing who God is, we do know that God loves us and therefore we love each other. Love guides us to peace and harmony in our lives. We cannot reach this harmony without the prayers that we practice.

James writes (1:19) “let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” The prayers that we speak in whatever language, in whatever prayer book we read, in whatever prayer building we kneel in, for none of these differences matter, because when we pray to the You the God who birthed us from our mother’s womb into this world, created by You. Something comes from our prayers; we just may not realize it; it comes in Your time, not ours.

Think. . . think all that is possible; think of a new commandment; dare to be happy when you pray; dare to bring that happiness into your life; dare to make this happiness possible in our dangerous world of war and street violence. God saved me from going into war, but street violence is all around me; at times is scares me, but as I walk the streets of my town I am comfortable knowing that I walk in the arms of God.

We get what we pray for; I guarantee this as a fact. I stopped praying for money and wealth and began praying for happiness. When I became a teacher, I worked harder than I ever worked in my life, but I never worked so easily in my life. I loved it. It was my calling. I wasn’t searching for wealth; I was searching for happiness; God led me to my students and the gave me more happiness than I deserved. I don’t pray for happiness anymore; God gave me all I will ever need; I now pray for Truth. It is what I have been praying for my entire life; I just did not know it.

My prayer is for Truth; I find this in God; although I have no idea who or how grand God is, I know that somewhere in the greatness of God is Truth, and I am blessed to be floating in the comfort of discovery of Truth. This is prayer.