Lord, Teach Us To Pray
Lord, teach us to pray. Like the disciples, we have our own reference for what talking to You looks like. They asked You to teach them "as John taught his followers" and we often come to You, thinking the same: teach us according to the reference point we know. But You always change things up... You always branch out our understanding because You are not like any other. Even prayer, to You, look different from anything we are familiar with. And that is why we need to be shown the way. We need to be schooled in the art of intercession. Following the model you once gave the disciples... Teach us what it means to call you Father. So many of us had mixed experiences when it comes to parents that, when we try to understand You, we struggle. We wrestle to fall into Your kindness. We fight to collapse into Your love. We can't wrap our minds around a Being that could be that good because all we've ever known is broken, fallible affection... or mayb...
