Chris' prayer: Big Daddy Weave's "What I Was Made For"

Whenever possible, I like to interrupt my work day with prayanewsong. Usually shortly after lunch, I'll close anything I'm working on, stop checking the email incessantly, and just try to get 20-30 minutes of good praying/listening in.

Today, that is just not possible. The second I logged in to Blogger to do my praying, the office got busy. I was emailed, IMed, and a coworker walked into the office and is talking with my other peers. I thought about just stopping and waiting until I could find peace later in the day...and I still might.

But this reminds me of a question I was asked last night by one of the teens in my youth group. S/he asked, "How do you know when it is God that is talking to you?" Because of all the stuff flying around the office right now, there is a very small signal to noise ratio. What God is trying to tell me is mixed in with the conversation going on behind me, the ding of the instant messenger, and the woosh of the email client. What He's saying through this song is very hard to hear at this point.

Like I told the teen last night, the answer is patience. A lack of hearing requires even more listening. And its importance is not lost on me. The dialog with God, the back-and-forth relationship with Him, the Love shared between me and Him is what I was made for.

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