Editorial September 26, 1994 Issue

Someone to pray with you ...

Mary Metzner Trammell

No one—absolutely no one—is any closer to God than you are. Why? Because you're God's dear, loved child. And so am I, and so are all of us (even if we don't know about it yet!). After all, you can't get any closer to God than being "one" with Him. And each of God's children is one with Him. As Jesus, the Son of God, said, "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30).

So when you want to pray to God, to commune with your Father-Mother, you don't have to go anywhere special. God's already there with you. You don't need a go-between to tell you what He's saying or to tell Him what you're saying. You only need to open your heart to divine Spirit—and listen for God's pure, healing thoughts, for His perfect direction. Then God's total goodness and gentleness will start to renew your life with fresh promise, fresh joy.

But what happens if you're having trouble praying? What if you can't seem to hear God? Maybe you feel distracted by what a friend of mine calls "noisy thoughts"—thoughts saying that you're all alone and can't find God. Or that no one loves you. Or that you're trapped in a hopeless situation like desperate poverty or illness or abusiveness.

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