Making A Difference

I cannot stress how important I believe prayer is. And while I work at it…hard…at times I do struggle with prayer. Fact is, most of us could use some help in our prayer life. At times our prayers lack consistency. It seems to be either feast or famine. Sometimes we lack sincerity. Our prayers are a bit hollow, memorized, and rigid. More liturgy than life, and although they are daily, they are also dull. There are times we lack honesty, not wanting what we expect will be required of us. Other times we honestly wonder if prayer will make a difference. If God already knows everything, who am I to tell him anything…and if he already knows why am I even asking? Most of the time our prayers are awkward, our attempts are feeble. Here is our hope: the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it. You can rest assured; our prayers do make a difference.