Monks
Ok this part is for those preferring more.....mainstream Sunday morning music, if you know what I mean.
Tennessee Ernie Ford -Peace In The Valley
And of course, ... a room rocking spirituality! My dad's favorite group.
For my mom, a wonderful oldie but goody.
How Great Thou Art - For my mother.
And last but certainly not least....one of my favorites. please enjoy the music, your day, and find time to be grateful....now on to our lesson.
Cherokee Ava Maria
PRAYER
Anyone ever attending a Holiday family meal, knows they tend to bring out both the best and the worst of prayers. You can actually see people shrinking in their seats, hoping no one asks them to lead the prayer. Unless you are fortunate enough to have the family "religious leader" willingly take over, you end up either skipping the idea all together or someone stumbles over a few words, anything just to be able to eat.
Public prayer seems to make most of us very uncomfortable......why? Perhaps we don't know how to pray. None of us want to look silly or sound stupid, best to just sit quietly and "pray" someone else will step up.
Prayer is a personal choice. Pray or not pray, how to pray, what do you say, who do you say it to; all questions encountered by each of us at some point. If we have answered theses questions our thoughts are kept to ourselves, uncertain how others feel.
If you follow a particular religion the answer is easily provided for you. But if you don't partake of a structured form of faith what do you do? Actually the answer is simple. Just be thankful....for everything and everyone. God already knows what you need, what you want so it is redundant to ask for anything.
So if you desire to pray, speak from your heart without fear, God isn't grading you, and he has a sense of humor. Or.....just say "thank you God for everything", amen.
Amen!
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