I pulled out an old prayer journal this week. Turns out there was only one prayer in it. Bother on my negligence. I hope you journal more consistently than I do, but if you don't, try it. It's a really neat experience to look back at a moment spent with God, especially several years later.
October 18, 2006
Dear God Almighty,
I have drifted from you. You who are the Creator of the world, who never changes. It is not that I've left in thought or deed - I still have thought of you, read your Word, and been active at church. Whether life is full and active or simple and easy, I am empty. It is your prescence I am lacking. There is an easy fix in cultural Christianity, but I don't want that. I want the truth of your Word and your Spirit to abide in me and never depart. Lord, to miss this - even if I had an immaculate house, health, and energy - is to miss everything.
You are Great and Holy and I sit at your feet this day.
Lord, the burden of the house is holding me down. I do not know what to ask, but I do not want it to be a distraction.
"Be still and know that I am GOD." God of the universe, God of my heart. I sit at your feet today. Teach me, for I am listening.
