“pray without ceasing,” (1 Thessalonians 5:17, ESV)
Why do we pray? Reason #4 (of 4)
It reminds me what really is important. The other day I was really annoyed. I will spare you of the (not so) gory details, but suffice it to say that the instigators of my fury were ridiculously childish. I didn’t realize it until I paused a moment to pray. Then, all of a sudden, the important things came to mind. I wanted to thank God for all the wonderful things in my life and all of a sudden I was no longer annoyed by traffic, or the suns highway glare, or whatever else was making my spine coil. Going to the throne of God is a privilege, and every time I feel as though I am a flea in my Heavenly Fathers presence and I want to make sure that what I bring to him is important to me…and so many times the things I thought were important seemed less important when I thought about bringing it to God. Does that mean that God doesn’t care about my skinned knee? Absolutely not. God expects us to lay our burdens on him, whether great or small, but what I come to realize is that some things aren’t quite the burden I originally thought. And simply being in God presence reminds me of that.
Let your light shine!