Count you blessings! No matter what you are experiencing, if you take the time to stop and think about all the positive things in your life, you will most assuredly realize that God has blessed you in immeasurable ways. They may not be obvious at first, especially if you are facing difficulties or struggling with some particular trouble in your life, but I promise, the blessings are there. [...]
Intimacy with God, or in any relationship for that matter, is one of the things I long for the most. It is also one of the things I fear the most. Intimacy is equal to authenticity. Authenticity is equal to vulnerability. Vulnerability is equal to ‘if you really know me, you won’t really love me.’ [...]
Somewhere along the way, the belief began to form in my mind that knowing the right words, saying them at the right time, and arranging them in the right order somehow made the prayers holy, pleasing and acceptable to God.