Getting to Amen
I've been called a good listener, but I am not so sure when it comes to listening to God. In prayer, I seem to have the notion that I need to do steady, non-stop talking about what I want God to do and then it is Amen time. Sometimes I think I treat God like He is my personal genie in a bottle. In looking at that more closely, I can see that I do not honor Him enough in prayer. I do not give thanks and praise nearly enough. I don't be still and let the Spirit work on me without words nearly enough During my exercise program, there is the spot right after push-ups where I am face down on the floor and I use that interval for a short prayer time. The beauty of it is that sometimes it evolves into something much more than a short prayer time. In my perfunctory mindset, I list all my concerns about the people and things I want to pray for. But in the best of times, I can't say Amen. Sometimes, after exhausting all my personal concerns, I just can't pull the tri