Article July 2, 2001 Issue

Applesauce prayer

I wanted to walk and talk with God as a friend.

By Gwendolyn Joy Forest

I love the character Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. He speaks so directly to God, even argues with Him. I get the feeling he and God are on a first-name basis. In one song, Tevye asks God, "Would it spoil some vast eternal plan if I were a wealthy man?"

I, too, want to walk with and talk to God as if He was a familiar friend. So why do we put our communications with God on such a formal basis? On special occasions, serious problems, holidays, we bow our head and clear our throat and address Him with a list of concerns, requests; or thank Him for our blessings.

But what would happen if we walked each step of every day with Him—thanking Him, consulting Him, and, yes, even arguing with Him until we understood what He wanted us to "get" about our problems, our everyday average problems? If we did this all the time, then He wouldn't seem so unapproachable when we are faced with some major problem.

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