Making Room.

A couple of thoughts about prayer ...

Prayer is not a matter of many words.
It is a matter of making room for God to live in us.
It is a habit of paying attention, of listening to our hearts, and to God’s heart.
It is a habit of bringing what we see in our world before God …
And making room for God to live in us.


Prayer, and the Lord's Prayer, invites us to pray in the reality of this world:
Where God’s will is and isn’t done
Where daily bread is abundant, and where it is scarce
Where forgiveness is offered, received … and refused
Where temptation is real, and where it is rejected
Where evil seems to loom larger than love
And where love delivers from evil.