Chris' prayer: Terrye Coelho Strom's "Father I Adore You"

It doesn't get much simpler than this. Simple melody, simple words, simple meaning.

That might be why it is sometimes so hard to pray authentically. There is no slack in the words, nothing to hide behind. There is no way to bend the lyrics to mean something easier. It is a very "naked" prayer, as in, standing there naked before God, revealing everything I am, and even harder, everything I'm not.

I can feel my spirituality slipping a little bit as my enthusiasm for the upcoming semester dips. I feel like this semester, or at least the beginning night has been planned for so long, I'm left with just waiting for it to come, and I feel I've been waiting for a little too long. I will be thankful when it is finally underway, and hopefully then I'll regain some of the excitement I had just a couple weeks ago. In the meantime, though, I come to God a bit anxious and with no way to hide that. That anxiety, that restlessness, is what is preventing me from praying more authentically tonight, and I just ask that He relieve me of that, if not tonight, then Sunday evening. I'm ready.


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