AFTER MORE THAN forty years of praying, I still do not understand prayer. I get up many mornings and go to my place of devotion with no sense that my praying makes any difference. This does not mean that I go there reluctantly or discouraged; it simply means I go there realizing that prayer will always be bigger than me and beyond me. I pray realizing that I am not the one in charge. I also find that the older I get, the more content I am to leave some situations in the realm of mystery and wonder.
- Steve Harper Talking in the Dark: Praying When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
From p. 34 of Talking in the Dark: Praying When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
by Steve Harper.
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