Prayer Is A Mirror

I'm discovering that prayer is intensely powerful not just because it affirms our connection to the divine, but because it also connects us more deeply within ourselves. Among other things, a prayer is an expression of desire, a wish or a request for something we would like to have happen, or to change. But sometimes when we voice that request we find a different voice calling out beneath the emotions.

For example, say I pray for help finding a new job. As I focus on this prayer and on expressing my wish, I may find myself growing angry, frustrated and tense, not because I am really asking for a job, but because I am realizing the disappointment that mazybe I've never liked my jobs, maybe I've missed out on good opportunities, maybe I feel like I'll never make enough money. Those are issues that we may not want to face head-on, but the illuminating power of prayer will show them to us, and so help us begin to heal.

And that's the true healing power and gift of prayer. Our connection to the Almighty is always there. But our connections to our deeper selves are tenuous, fleeting and sometimes censored by what we think we ":should" do or be. The power of prayer brings us right home to a place where we can face and resolve our inner conflicts and desires. It is the most illuminating mirror there is.

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Prayer Power

Attention, all praying people! Someone has said that if Christians really understood the full extent of the incredible power of prayer, we could move mountains. During World War II an advisor to Prime Minister Churchill in England got a group of people together who, at a predetermined time of day, dropped everything they were doing to pray for peace in England and the safety of her people.

Now there's a similar group here in the USA who want to do the same - hallelujah, I say! Here is the drill:

Every evening at 9 PM EST, which is 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain and 6 PM Pacific, stop what you are doing and spend just one minute praying for peace in the world, safety to our country, our troops, our citizens, everyone. The effects can be monumental. I for one will start doing it tonight, hope you'll join along. And, please pass this on! We all know how WWII turned out - let us pray for a return to peace and safety to our nation and the world, once again.

Blessings,

Barb
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