Prayer in my life

Yesterday morning, as I was about to start freericing, I suddenly felt God telling me to google "What is prayer." That is a question that I've really been thinking about lately--what is prayer, what is its purpose, how does it make a difference in the world, and why is it important? The first few results were simple dictionary definitions of prayer, which wasn't what I wanted at all. So instead I googled "prayer quotes", which led to the post yesterday of quotes about prayer. Those quotes were the ones that I felt called to share.

However, what I really got out of a lot of those quotes was the idea that--wow, a lot of people think prayer is really important, really does make a difference, and is truly something that Christians should be doing all the time. Maybe, instead of trying to decide what prayer is and how it works, I should just try it for myself. Also the idea that I don't pray enough surfaced--all the quotes viewed prayer as very important, possibly the most important thing a Christian ever does, and if that's true or even close to true, then I don't pray nearly enough.

So I decided to pray about everything in my life this week, throughout the day.  So that was what I aimed for yesterday and today.

The results were a little disappointing, I must say. But I think that's also because I just expect everything to immediately have results, and really good or preferably amazing ones at that. I'm not sure that I noticed a difference, other than when I stopped praying for short amounts of time things really got on my nerves. This was true both today and yesterday. The devil trying to tempt me away from something he views as good? I'm not sure. I think I remember reading somewhere (C. S. Lewis?) that the devil really comes against someone when they're doing something good, something that will bring them closer to God.

Yesterday I tried really hard to pray about everything. It didn't completely work, of course. Today I did as well. I'm not sure I tried as hard, but I did pray some. And since I normally completely forget to pray at work, I was relatively pleased with the prayers today. And in a way my mid-day slump of feeling depressed about everything was a blessing in disguise, because it reminded me with a jolt to pray, and that I can't do things without God.