Tapping
Our Strength
“God,
our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great
potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop those
powers.”
A.
P. J. Abdul Kalam
Most
mornings when I sit down at the computer, I have no idea whatsoever
about a topic for my blog. I close my eyes and ask, “What shall I
write about today?” and most of the time a subject, albeit vague,
will spring to mind. Then I go and look for quotes on the topic, and
choose one that grabs my attention. Today, I asked, “Shall I write
about prayer today?” and the answer was instantaneous, “Why don't you just
pray!” I had to laugh.
Sometimes,
I forget that prayer is an “everything” concept. I don't have to
be in dire need, in terrible trouble, or helpless in the face a
circumstance to have prayer be an effective means of gaining answers.
When we pray, we tap into our divine aspect, call it Holy Spirit, if
you will; the indwelling spring of water which never runs dry. We can
trust the answers that come from prayer, because they are from our
Higher Self, and not the ego, which only wants what it wants.
Our
days would go much smoother if we could remember to call upon this
wealth of information and guidance in all our endeavors. We would
find resources we did not know we had. Prayer allows us to access our
own strengths, because we approach ourselves with reverence---most of the time!
Sometimes, we roar out a, “God Help Me!” prayer, which perhaps
lacks reverence, but still is pointed in the right direction.
I
have heard people say, “Don't trouble God with your little
concerns,” as though the Creator were a traffic cop trying to keep
everything flowing smoothly, and our trivial concerns might jam up
the works. If we didn't think of prayer as being directed to an agent
outside ourselves, but to a resource within, we might feel more
comfortable taking advantage of it. What if we accepted that God,
being omnipresent, is a personal reality within us, belonging to us,
to be called upon for guidance at any time, in any situation? Would
we not ask for help in all things? Would we not pray without ceasing?
Isn't that what we were told to do?
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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