(liatris in garden area)
A STEADY FAITH NEEDS PRAYER:
"UNLESS YOUR FAITH IS FIRM, YOU SHALL NOT BE FIRM!" (ISAIAH 7:9)
Just as the key to a successful marriage is communication between spouses, what is essential to our faith is our communication with God -- our life of prayer. When we pray, we let go of ego and will and place ourselves in the presence of the divine so that communication can occur between our human spirit and God's Holy Spirit. Prayer holds us firm in that presence, an anchor that keeps our lives steady and securely linked to God, even while the storms of everyday life bear down on us and try to drag us out to sea.
A life of prayer keeps us aware of the sacred, ordinary moments in our lives and connected to the One who never changes, even as everything around us sways and lurches, tosses and shifts. Prayer helps us know that God is, indeed, close by, alive, moving and working in our lives.
(a reflection by Steve Givens, from the LIVING FAITH daily devotional for July 17th)
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