let your words be few
this link sums it up. ...almost.
the daily devotional today (actually yesterday, but i just read it today) from John Fischer was about words. about how we don't have just words to go by. "The word became flesh."
but that first link is what i want to rant about mostly... my attention span can't exactly span the grand canyon. in fact, if you talk to me about something i find boring, or if you repeat yourself a lot, i might just nod off.
but this is especially true in prayer. i hear a lot of different people praying every week. and i can't say that i always pay attention.
we're supposed to "close our eyes and bow our heads" when we pray, but i'm sure this was designed for people like me who can't think about one thing for more than 20 seconds.
to make matters worse, though, lots of people think that the more extravagant their prayers, the "better" their prayers become.
not so if you read that first passage. God already knows what's in our hearts. most of the time we just need to say it to Him. and we don't have to make it fancy.
the daily devotional today (actually yesterday, but i just read it today) from John Fischer was about words. about how we don't have just words to go by. "The word became flesh."
but that first link is what i want to rant about mostly... my attention span can't exactly span the grand canyon. in fact, if you talk to me about something i find boring, or if you repeat yourself a lot, i might just nod off.
but this is especially true in prayer. i hear a lot of different people praying every week. and i can't say that i always pay attention.
we're supposed to "close our eyes and bow our heads" when we pray, but i'm sure this was designed for people like me who can't think about one thing for more than 20 seconds.
to make matters worse, though, lots of people think that the more extravagant their prayers, the "better" their prayers become.
not so if you read that first passage. God already knows what's in our hearts. most of the time we just need to say it to Him. and we don't have to make it fancy.
