The Lord's Prayer(Paraphrase of Matthew 6)
Anytime or anywhere
God, you're listening to our prayer.
Day or night or spring or fall,
You will hear us when we call.
Lord, give us what we need today,
And be in all we do and say.
Please help us love the way you do.
We give back all our love to you!
Amen.
I know that it doesn't express everything that the Lord's Prayer contains, but it has elements, and I think they even speak to adults. It reminds us that God hears our prayers. No matter when we might bring them before Him, he still hears. It might take time for results, and may not be what we were hoping for, but just the thought that there is someone that is always listening feels good. I know that I get frustrated when my husband says he's listening, but looks as if there is something else more important that needs his time. I know that there are millions of people issuing prayer every minute of the day, and yet, I know that He take the time to specifically listen to mine. I will have to wait til heaven to understand how He takes the time for every one's prayers, but I'm good for the moment.
I have learned a lesson in sincerity of prayers lately. I am a frequent prayer, but not all of them come from my heart. we all know that is we pray for a bike, and our motives aren't pure, we most likely won't receive the bike. But what about sincere prayers? Does God grant those as well? It's not like I don't want the thing I'm praying for to happen (or not, in some cases). It's just that I am a little distracted by something else while I am praying. I'm either sleepy, driving, shopping, typing, reading, or any number of different daily activities. I hope that I can learn to take a little bit of undestracted time to really mean what comes out of my mouth. If I don't meant it, there might be others who don't, and there goes the cloud of witnesses that are praying for one another.
I like the conversation type of prayer. I have, in the past, just talked to God. It's so releaving to be able to talk to him like I do anyone else. I need to start doing that again. It's one of the times that I feel listened to, and I feel that my heart is connecting to what my mouth is saying.
I'll tackle the last part of this Lor'd Prayer version later on . . .
