Free form day 2

Prayer is one of the biggest acts of faith. The small part we play in salvation, the one act that we must do is a prayer.

It is the trust that our cries are not floating out to the cosmos, echoing off the stars. Prayer is intimate, it is humbling, it is what we give ourselves over to, what we give our loved ones over to, it is the confession of our secret sins, it is the birthplace of our repentance, the sharing of our hopes and fears, it is the slow removal of our masks, revealing the bareness of our soul, it is when we are most real, most vulnerable. All our barriers are down, we are seen, we are heard, we are known. And in that moment, the hopes and pleadings of a child collide with the love and comfort of the Father.

We are drawn into a place of intimacy, into the presence of the Lord. We have His attention. He is enraptured with our voice, with our hearts. It is the moment when God promises to be wholly focused on us, hanging on our words, hearing the unspoken, knowing the unmentionable, and seeing the depths of our hearts. It is here that we can feel the majesty of God and yet know His intimacy, being the focus of a mighty God.

Our praises rising to heaven, delighting His ears, our confession touching His heart of mercy, our thanks piling at His feet, our desires and pleadings noted within His will. In this moment we can boldly approach His throne, and while we may not see Him we are at once in His presence.

Prayer is a priviledge, to have the ear of the almighty God, to have His undivided attention focused on us, on our words. That our voices are sweet to Him, that this time is so precious to Him that He gives it to us. He bends down to hear our cries.


Psalm 138
I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing praises to You before the gods.
I will bow down toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.
On the day I called, You answered me;
You made me bold with strength in my soul.
All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O LORD,
When they have heard the words of Your mouth.
And they will sing of the ways of the LORD,
For great is the glory of the LORD.
For though the LORD is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
The LORD will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.