We've been given the gift of prayer, an opportunity to communicate with God - to feel His love, to receive His counsel, to develop a relationship with Him. It's real. It's possible. How awesome is that?!
I'm learning that prayer involves communication about not only the things I want or need to do but also the kind of person I want to become.
I like David Bednar's thoughts on using prayer to spiritually create the day and then going out and making it happen.
"... meaningful morning prayer is an important element in the spiritual creation of each day—and precedes the temporal creation or the actual execution of the day. Just as the temporal creation was linked to and a continuation of the spiritual creation, so meaningful morning and evening prayers are linked to and are a continuation of each other.
At the end of our day, we kneel again and report back to our Father. We review the events of the day and express heartfelt thanks for the blessings and the help we received. We repent and, with the assistance of the Spirit of the Lord, identify ways we can do and become better tomorrow. Thus our evening prayer builds upon and is a continuation of our morning prayer. And our evening prayer also is a preparation for meaningful morning prayer." David Bednar
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