I think God wants me to pray. I could have known this when Jesus told the parable about how we "ought always to pray and never lose heart." Or what about when Paul says that we should "pray without ceasing." I could have picked it up from Paul as he was giving young Timothy some teaching about how we should be making all sorts of prayers for all sorts of people. He later tells Timothy that the men (especially) should pray everywhere. I could have learned it from any of those passages, or a dozen others like them, but I didn't. I learn most everything the hard way. Through trials. It is through difficulties and challenges that I turn to God most diligently. I wish it wasn't so... I really do, but I know that it is. Life has been fairly smooth for awhile now, but God has recently allowed me to face a couple of minor challenges. These things have left me realizing, more than ever, the necessity of prayer in the Christian's life. It is so ...
Striving to be a Samwise Gamgee in a world of Smeagols.