Prayer Life.

Prayer seems to be the reoccurring theme this past weekend. Not only was it brought up in Pastor's sermon on Sunday, but also in my devotional this morning. At church we watched a small video, called Coffee with Jesus. What a great video, and so describes how I pray sometimes. We come to Jesus with this long list of wants and needs, yet never take time to listen, or to just praise Him or thank Him. God wants us to have conversations, with him, not just give him this grocery list of things we'd like him to do for us. We need to talk to him like we'd talk to our best friend. Something Pastor said on Sunday that just seemed so beautiful to me, "Prayer is to the soul, what breathing is to life. Your soul needs to communicate with God in order to thrive and to grow. Just like your earthly friendships would wither and die if you never talked to one another, the same is true for your relationship with Christ. Your earthy friendships would never grow and mature if you always did all the talking, and never took time to listen, neither will your relationship with Christ grow if you don't take time to listen to what He has to say to you. I often think of how blessed the disciples and the people of that time were to be able to walk and talk on earth with Jesus. What an amazing experience that must have been. I'm in no hurry to leave this earth, but I look forward to the time when I can talk to Him face to face.