Got Prayer?
On my way to drop off my son at the babysitter's this morning, I felt myself getting quite frustrated at the other drivers on the road who were "making me late." True enough, some of those drivers may have been doing things that were ignorant or illegal. However, the greater problem (the one that caused me to get annoyed so easily) was my own funky mood!
Alas, I began to wonder why I was in such a foul mood this morning (or why I had been unmotivated to work or minister in the last couple of days). It only tood about one nanosecond for the answer to pop into my brain and heart. The only thing keeping me from being in a good mood and motivated to bring people to Christ (other than the unseasonably hot weather in my town) is my erratic, non-structured prayer life.
Quite simply, I have not been praying as much as I need to, nor have I been making time to sit in front of the Blessed Sacrament on a regular basis. My lack of prayer discipline is beginning to take effect. I can feel the Enemy prowiling around, waiting to devour my soul (1 Peter 5:8) as it falls further away from the Lord.
The answer to the feelings, I have been having recently is, of course, regular prayer and Eucharistic Adoration. I made an attempt to get back on track with the first necessity this morning. Before I began my daily work, I knelt in our parish chapel and prayed from Shorter Christian Prayer (like I do almost every morning).
As I prayed, I was amazed at how quickly God answered my desperate call. In the last passage of Psalm 108 were words spoken directly to me: "Give us help against the foe: for the help of man is vain." Yes, O Lord, I need Your help, for there is no success to be had on my own!
As these next days and weeks pass, please pray that my prayer life will be strengthened. If any of you would like to share stories about your prayer life, or make prayer requests, please feel free to leave a comment.
God Bless.
Alas, I began to wonder why I was in such a foul mood this morning (or why I had been unmotivated to work or minister in the last couple of days). It only tood about one nanosecond for the answer to pop into my brain and heart. The only thing keeping me from being in a good mood and motivated to bring people to Christ (other than the unseasonably hot weather in my town) is my erratic, non-structured prayer life.
Quite simply, I have not been praying as much as I need to, nor have I been making time to sit in front of the Blessed Sacrament on a regular basis. My lack of prayer discipline is beginning to take effect. I can feel the Enemy prowiling around, waiting to devour my soul (1 Peter 5:8) as it falls further away from the Lord.
The answer to the feelings, I have been having recently is, of course, regular prayer and Eucharistic Adoration. I made an attempt to get back on track with the first necessity this morning. Before I began my daily work, I knelt in our parish chapel and prayed from Shorter Christian Prayer (like I do almost every morning).
As I prayed, I was amazed at how quickly God answered my desperate call. In the last passage of Psalm 108 were words spoken directly to me: "Give us help against the foe: for the help of man is vain." Yes, O Lord, I need Your help, for there is no success to be had on my own!
As these next days and weeks pass, please pray that my prayer life will be strengthened. If any of you would like to share stories about your prayer life, or make prayer requests, please feel free to leave a comment.
God Bless.
