The How of Prayer: Sighs Too Deep for Words

Finding the right words to pray can be very intimidating.  Sometimes we muddle through, or (as mentioned yesterday) sometimes we use other people's words to jump-start our prayers.  It can also be helpful to learn to pray without using words at all.

A lot of what we want to share with God, deep down, is rooted in our emotions.  We want to work through our joys and our sadnesses, and also our anxieties, our apathy, our agitation, and other complicated feelings.  We can pray with tears and laughter, with shrugs and grunts, and with sighs too deep for words.

God can understand all of these things, without us having to find the "right words."  We just need to be willing to share with God, and learn to be comfortable praying without words.

Today's Prayer Prompt: Try to pray without words today.  Focus on your deeper feelings without trying to describe them.