What is prayer? And how do you do it? October 9, 2000 Issue

DISCOVERING GOD

Caryl Emra Farkas

More and more I think of prayer as the process by which I discover my real desire for God, and my ability to experience God's love. When I was expecting a child, I often prayed specifically to understand that the baby and I were both God's children, governed by God's law. Early in the pregnancy I was troubled with alarming pains. My ability to reach out to God seemed paralyzed by fears of what might be wrong. Praying was reduced to a sort of ritual repetition of those things I hoped were true. God's love seemed very distant.

I felt a calm and peace that I couldn't have imagined a few seconds earlier.

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