Megan's prayer: SONICFLOOD's "I Want to Know You (In the Secret)"

On January 1st, 2008, I made two New Year’s resolutions. I normally don’t, probably because I don’t want to set myself up for failure, but on that day I had two resolutions I was confident I would succeed at.

The first one was that I wanted to give up boys for the year. Having just gotten out of a relationship, and still being upset with the entire male gender, I thought it would be easy. A year without crushes, dates, and boyfriends.

The second one was just as straightforward. I wanted to rediscover my relationship with God. I felt like I was at a point that I went to Mass, but not much more than that. I desperately wanted to know God.

2008 Resolution:
I want to know you.

Looking back a year later, I realized I failed miserable at the first one. But luckily the complete failure of the first resolution helped me in my second resolution. My relationship has been one of the driving forces that has helped me to rediscover my faith, and to deepen the relationship with God. Although better, it’s not near perfect yet, which is why I have a similar resolution for this year.

2009 Resolution:
I want to know you more.

Marie's Prayer: SONICFLOOd's "I Want to Know You(In the Secret"

I am reaching for the highest goal
That I might receive the prize.

I find myself reaching, but then I think... there might not be a prize. I am a very cynical person and I always find myself asking if anything is worth risking everything for. Is there such a thing as unconditional love? I want to believe there is, more than anything, but there's always something someone says or does that makes me think love is myth. That's why I reach out to reach the prize of knowledge. To know love.

Chris' prayer: SONICFLOOd's "I Want to Know You (In the Secret)"

In preparing to listen to the each day's song, I start my prayer with something along the lines of "Lord, please help me to hear your voice through this song today. Help me to hear your message clearly. Help me to draw closer to you."

This song echoes that prayer.

I want to hear Your voice.
I want to know You more.

Hearing God's voice has got to be the hardest part of praying. It is easy to thank God for the blessings in my life, and even easier to ask Him for things. It is always hard to hear Him, and even more difficult to listen.

Two and a half weeks into this project, though, the listening is getting easier. The continued prayer of wanting to hear my God is being answered little by little, day by day. In that process, I am coming to know more about Him, and more about myself, too.

My prayer is that it continues in 2009.


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Erinnicole's Prayer: SONICFLOOd's "I Want to Know You (In the Secret)"

In the stillness You are there

Being still is really hard for me for a few reasons. First, and most obvious, i'm really busy. i have school stuff, college stuff, a really crazy work schedule, and then the social life i'd like to have, and the faith life i'm trying to have. So i'm always moving figuratively, even if it's just a list in my mind. Physically, it's very hard for me to be still when i am with people because i'm very aware of things, i always have been. I have to know what is going on around me or i go into a panic attack; like when i listen to music, it can't be that loud, and when i have headphones in i can only have it in one ear so i can still hear out of the other one. and its a struggle for me to close my eyes in groups of people, but i'm growing a lot in my ability to trust God and do that.

there is this song by David Kaufman called "Be Still, My Love". based off of a verse in the Bible that i don't actually know... but anyway, one time this song just started playing in my kitchen when i was home alone and i walked into the kitchen and the cd player was set on an alarm so that's why it was playing...i asked my family but no one had set an alarm. that week had been a stressful week so i took it as God telling me to calm down. then there was a night at steubenville this year stressing the same thing. last night while i prayed i was still for a very long time and it was an incredible prayer and i think God even talked to me. so i will continue to work on stillness.

be safe tonight everyone and have a fantastic new year's eve!