Prayer

This is my prayer. I'm sure it won't be exactly like yours, but it should motivate you to ask yourself this question: Am I dealing with God in honesty? "God, let me deal with you in honesty. Honest in my pride, admitting that it needs to be defeated. Honest in my anger, realizing that there shouldn't be such a struggle to find joy and peace. Honest in humiltiy, finding a way to remind myself that I truly am nothing when compared to you. Honest in my need, forfeiting self-dependance for the recklessness of giving you complete control." It's easier to fake spirituality when isolated, because there's no one to be accountable to; only self. An isolated person is usually a liar, lying about relationship with God and love for others. At what point can an isolated person break free of the cycles that keep them isolated? The path to freedom has been so familiarly faked that it's hard to get off of that path. This is key: The most reliable avenue is to give the Word of God a chance to be the light that will open up more God-directed paths to freedom. I find it true that when I feel like I am going nowhere spritually, eventhough I might even be spending time in prayer and worship, it's because I haven't placed the Word of God in its rightful place, to guide my life. Think about it, we can lie to ourselves in prayer, making ourselves "feel" like we are getting closer to God-just because we are using words, and, in the same way, our hearts can be far from being in the right place when we worship. But, when we hide the Word of God in our hearts, and begin to do what it says, there is no chance of being led in the wrong direction. I think the whole point is this: God's word will make us deal with Him in honesty.