Drifting Away from Prayer

I am starting to drift away from my daily postings again, and in doing so, drifting away from prayer. Everybody has a different way to keep tuned in to God. This blog has been my miracle solution for tuning in to him each day. When I do not post, I find myself more frazzled, more likely to flounder, and more likely to be confused about the way out of dilemmas.

I must continue to write each day about my prayer life. Readers might get the impression I am saintly and pray all day long. That is so far from the truth. I do manage prayers of petition, begging God to help me, when sudden needs arise.

Sometimes I even manage to thank him when he answers the prayers. The truth is that I do not pray often enough or with enough confidence in his knowledge of how best to answer my prayers. I have not posted since the 16th. This post is for the 19th. That means I did not post for two days. Now I know why the past two days I have stalled. I have not moved forward. I have managed to accomplish routine, necessary daily tasks and obligations, but nothing else. In the meantime, I have whined and whimpered about how badly my life is going.

Whose fault is that? Not God’s. If I had gone to him, or at least examined my concerns at the end of each of the past two days, maybe I would have heard his whisper about how to keep moving forward. Trouble is, I don’t always hear his whispers. I surely do not want to ask him to shout at me - God is awesome and scary when he shouts his directions to me. By that time, when he feels he needs to get my attention, and really get my attention, his methods are usually a bit more drastic than I prefer. So, then, it’s up to me to continue with these posts, and to try to grow in my prayer life.

Help me, Dear Lord, to come to you at least each night, and help me to hear your whispers so that you might not have to shout your replies to my prayers.