Pray without ceasing

My prayer life is average at best. I pray daily, but it's not a significantly meaningful experience. I spend more time writing emails or scribing little notes to my boyfriend than I do in prayer.

I wish that wasn't true.

But that can change.

This morning, I interviewed a man who would literally pause our conversation to pray. Sometimes I wouldn't know if he was talking to me or the Lord. Maybe both at times. But he would apologize to God during a prayer to ask me a question, or ask me to pause so he could pray for God to guide his next answer.

It was like nothing I had ever experienced. It was a life totally focused on the fact that we were created to glorify and worship a holy God and for him to know us and for us to know him. That only comes through prayer. And I've known strong prayer warriors in my life. But Colin was like no one else I had ever met.

He was so in tune with Christ, so aware of what the Lord was telling him. It was unreal. Where I am always hesitant to even ask for something because I'm scared of the word "no," Colin treats Jesus like they're best friends. And, frankly, they probably are. How could you not be when you spoke that often?

It's mind blowing.

And I want it.

What if we all lived like that? Not just an emphasis on prayer, but totally revolved our minds and hearts around the idea that we are in constant communication with Christ? What would that even look like?

Insane. Totally abnormal. In a world that moves too fast, cares too little about others, and focuses too much on ourselves, a switch to constantly and fearlessly communicating with someone who may not respond quickly or with what we want is less than ideal.

But I've found that the waiting is an answer, and the more you try to listen, the more you hear. I am confident that this is a life that I want. To be closer with Christ in a way that I've only ever heard about but never seen firsthand. Prayer is vital to knowing the Creator. And knowing him brings me closer to him, and being closer to him helps me reflect him.

And that's what we were made for.