"Oh, How Praying Rests the Weary!
Prayer Can Change the Night to Day.
So When Life gets Dark and Dreary,
Don't Forget to Pray!"
Prayer Can Change the Night to Day.
So When Life gets Dark and Dreary,
Don't Forget to Pray!"
I've been thinking about my prayers lately. Are they too repetitious? Am I truly communicating, or just endlessly asking, or just going through the motions?
I do know that if I don't start my day with a prayer those are the days that I have little patience and/or understanding. On those days I can't seem to get anything done and I just feel kind of crummy. I am trying hard to have meaningful prayers throughout my day. How many years have we said the blessing only at dinner time?! I am starting to realize how truly important it is to "...pray always..." and have been blessed in small and meaningful ways each day.
I do know that if I don't start my day with a prayer those are the days that I have little patience and/or understanding. On those days I can't seem to get anything done and I just feel kind of crummy. I am trying hard to have meaningful prayers throughout my day. How many years have we said the blessing only at dinner time?! I am starting to realize how truly important it is to "...pray always..." and have been blessed in small and meaningful ways each day.
3 comments:
I feel the same way about my prayers a lot. Our bed is up high, so I'm usually in bed and not on my knees. Plus, if I don't do it out loud, then it seems like my mind wanders and I'm not always focused. I give thanks a lot, but I too feel like sometimes all I'm doing is asking. How do we fix it? I guess maybe one day at a time. I'm going to email you something, so check your email.
This reminded me of Elder Bednar's talk "Pray Always" from October Conference. I just read it so this has been on my mind too! My morning prayers are seriously lacking and Elder Bednar pointed them out as one of the most important. Oh boy do I need to work on that.
The funny thing is, most of the time, when I start my day off right by praying sincerely and reading my scriptures, I have some of the hardest days. Like Satan feels his grip on me slipping and he works double time or, I felt even more urgency to start the day with those things because Heavenly Father knew I would need it. I don't know really. Now I am just blathering.
Thank you for sharing your feelings on this. You are so wonderful! I love the picture at the end. Perfect for the post.
That is soooo my feeling right now! It's like I have to challenge myself to get on my knees. And I feel like I'm asking for the same thing...PATIENCE! Someday when I have mastered this I wonder what I will have left to pray for...
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