“Prayer is not just a thoughtful thing I do on the side, as I do the “real” work of helping others; prayer is the work.” pg. 119
I am a problem solver by nature. I am such an A type personality, that I think I may be an A+! To be honest, prayer is hard for me to trust. I want to always be doing something. I want to have a grand scheme or dynamic plan. I don’t like to trust things to God.
I want to say that the reason I have trouble trusting things to God is
because he has called me to serve and that we must not be simply hearers
of the word, but doers of it also. But
when I really examine my heart, I realize that the reason I don’t trust
more things to prayer is because I think I know how things should go or
I have a “if it is going to get done, I will just have to do it myself”
mentality.
Often, I will come to my wits' end or just not know how to help or what
to do and I will have no other choice but to pray and do nothing else. Then when God actually answers that prayer, without my “help” I am somewhat surprised and think, “Wow, that actually worked. I need to try that more often!” – But then I quickly forget again.
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