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Praying…. 11/6/2016
November 6, 2016 in PGC Blog | Tags: 100%, acceptable, activities, aha, already, amount, anyway, ask, attempts, awareness, awkward, behalf, believe, blemishes, car, character defects, church, clients, communicate, communicates, conscious, contrite, difference, different, dissipate, doubt, everything, feeble, fella, fine, God, group, guilt, guilty, head, hears, heart, humble, idea, in frequent, intentions, judge, knows, listener, loves, mindful, Mother Teresa, offer, others, person, power, pray, prayed, prayer, prayers, presence, reading, realized, receiver, reflected, relieved, right, says, see, self, sensation, shared, shortcomings, should, song, spiritual guide, structure, talk time, thankful, think, thinking, times, track, transitions, wasted, week, where he, words, work, yes | Leave a comment
I used to think that I wanted to pray like a fella in my prayer group. When I shared that with him, he set me straight. He told me that my “talk time” with God was not supposed to be like his. He then told me whatever I had to offer to God in prayer was 100% acceptable to God. It took a long time of thinking about that and coming to believe it.
Sometime later I spoke with a trusted spiritual guide. I shared with her that I felt guilty for not taking the time to pray the way I thought I should. She asked what I meant and I told her that I had good intentions of setting aside time but then I got caught up in the things of the day, my work and didn’t get to it. I did tell her that I prayed in church and sometimes with certain clients. She asked me if I had conscious awareness of God throughout my day. I told her yes, that often I think of Him in the “inter-stitches” during the day, times between activities, times when I’m in my car, and times when I’m in transitions. She simply said to me, “That’s prayer!” I was taken aback, but as I reflected on it, I realized she was right. She also told me not to worry about the structure and the amount of time. She also asked how God communicates with me. I told her in different ways – sometimes an idea in my head (“aha”), sometimes something from my reading, sometimes in a song or the words of another person, sometimes in what I see and, at times, just a sensation in my heart. She also pronounced this as fine and told me I was on the right track. I was relieved, but it still took me a while to work this through and to let some of the guilt dissipate for not doing it “the right way.”
“The power is in the One who hears it.” The receiver has all the power. He is a better listener than I! He hears and knows everything, even my weak and sometimes infrequent attempts to communicate with Him. He loves me just as I am, with all my shortcomings, blemishes and character defects – I’m still trying to wrap my head around that one! He doesn’t judge – He just loves me for who I am.
Be mindful of God’s presence in your life and you are already praying. Your prayers are not wasted. Be humble, contrite, thankful and ask on behalf of your self, and others. When in doubt, to paraphrase Mother Teresa, “Pray anyway!”
Missed opportunities or goals yet to be achieved? 12/30/12
December 30, 2012 in Change | Tags: 100%, changes, doing, give up, goalie, hockey, lose, losers, persist, risk, risk-taking, score, shot, shots, succeed, try, trying, Wayne Gretzky, win, winning goal | 1 comment
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky, famous hockey player
I wonder if this quote will confuse people, especially after my comments a few weeks ago about trying versus doing. I think this quote is more about risk-taking. If you don’t take any risks, you’re going to remain scoreless. If you want to win, you have to make some changes. We know that winners lose more than losers. Losers go out and try a couple of times, don’t succeed and give up. Winners know that they need to persist, like Zig Ziglar’s bathing daily (see blogpost, 12/9/12). When they persist it increases the odds that at some point, they’re going to win. What do you need to do to get around the goalie in your life, take a shot, and score your winning goal?