Light of a Million Mornings: Best Tutor

Ave Maria:-)

there is prayer..and then there is PRAYER.
there is prayer incidental, accidental...
prayer half-hearted, timid, or the other side of the spectrum -->bossy, arrogant... presumptuous
there is prayer that makes a connection where a lover finds the Beloved and listens to the Beloved..as there is prayer that makes us feel even farther away from GOD

... not surprising because it turns out it is not true prayer at all.

there is prayer that is detailed where we must at all costs enumerate one by one our TO-DO LIST for GOD... poor soul who thinks this is the goal of prayer .. to impose on the LORD

, to dictate our will

, our wants and desires.. rather than make it a humble means to seek Him Who Knows All..Him Who created us out of love and for love... and above all to now the Will of this GOD who continues to love us inspite of our pettiness.

Maybe we have experimented with prayer

... maybe we thought it is like an art or science form.. or horror of horrors like math where we can measure it in inches or weigh it in grams.
but as we persist and grow in a life of prayer we realize it is immeasureable.. our mind or body cannot contain it.. rather it is the prayer itself that takes over our being..touching us in the areas where we need God's healing presence the most...

Prayer simply put must be Reaching out to GOD and allowing Him to embrace us always with love... yes He may scold us reprimand us, instruct us at times-- but always..always there is God's Unfailing Love .

Are there rules..are there formats..is there a software to learn prayer....?
silly questions.. but then we have our bouts with silliness

.. it's a good thing God bears with us and understands us.
let us not enter it (prayer) with fear and insecurity.. BUT approach it with faith that the One we lift our prayer to WILL LOVE US MUCH MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN EVER LOVE HIM BACK.

Looking thru the years we must have looked like this as God , angels and saints in heaven viewed us while we prayed.

-- (measuring) I think I've prayed 30 minutes ..that's long enough.

-- (organized) Let's see..did I forget anything

..uhh I think I covered it all, good job.
-- (high-strung) And I'll absolutely die

if You don't do something GOD.. donot fail me. (uy nanakot pa)
-- (tentative) Uhhh... hello..Anybody there?

May nakikinig ba? Geez..I feel like a total idiot

..how do nuns do it? beats me.....
-- (loser) But I know You won't grant this request anyways... just the same I thought You should know.... (ano ba talaga?

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thank GOD...GOD is GOD..He knows how limited we are..He knows how we can fail, make mistakes horrendously... be absolute JERKS... and so amazingly He lets JESUS fill in the blanks for us..whenever we lack faith, hope, humility... love... whenever we are unwittingly showing our arrogant , unrepentant horns... JESUS intercedes for us ... reminding the Father how He repaired our wrongdoings on Calvary. If Jesus did not do this constantly for us..we'd be dead ducks a long time ago and you can interpret that anyway you wish

And not only that ---- as we discover along the way how JESUS saves the day for us.. we submit ourself to His Lordship - this opens the doors to the sweetest blessings ever..becoz then JESUS teaches us now How to Pray...
Who could be our best Tutor than the Son .
And so we marvel at possibilities...How to approach our Heavenly Father as Jesus did.

...awesome....awesome.....!
And that my friend is no longer format, art, science or math.. it is CHRIST Himself ,His Spirit praying in us... direct all the way to the Father.. with a connection no demon could ever interrupt.

It is not so much finding the right words to say as it is just surrendering to GOD"S LOVE.

Going thru all the trouble and anxiety of how to pray is part of the "fun" ..part of the learning process so that our faith, humility and spiritual stamina will grow.

And how reassuring to realize GOD REALLY DOES MORE OF THE HARD WORK.

Akalain mo . (imagine that )

Let's have a prayerful week ahead... let's rejoice that we can do this.. that it is for free and that God is ever ready to hear our cries.

^{Psalm 84 8} Yahweh, God Sabaoth, hear my prayer, listen, God of Jacob.
⁹ God, our shield, look, and see the face of your anointed.
¹⁰ Better one day in your courts than a thousand at my own devices, to stand on the threshold of God's house than to live in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹ For Yahweh God is a rampart and shield, he gives grace and glory; Yahweh refuses nothing good to those whose life is blameless.
¹² Yahweh Sabaoth, blessed is he who trusts in you.