Soul Longing

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Taize prayer invokes in me the memory of being in France, before the icon, praying fervently. As I sat before the icon tonight, my heart finally rested after a long and frustrating day. Too much is going on in my life and I find it hard to find stillness at the moment. I am sleeping a very solid six hours and then awakening, probably due to a belief that I do not have enough hours in the day. The challenge is keeping up the pace. I hope to sleep in tomorrow if I can. I need to send my core being the message it can rest well.

I seem to have a shopping list for prayer lately but I cannot stop the hunger for God above all. I want so much to be faithful in all that is unfolding but some days I think I just cannot keep up with sorting through all that is. The saving grace as always is that my God is One who is merciful. If I bring a heart that is true and open, God will move within me and all shall be well.

I pray that my heart will be wordless when it needs to listen and that God will know the longing of my soul.

Peace,

Suzanne