" . . . Help me!"
Sometimes the best prayers are the simplest ones. God is not impres-
sed with flowery oratory in prayer. He would rather hear a few syl-
lables of gut-wrenching honesty, than a whole bunch of religious in-
sincerity.
Do we need help today? Let us ask Christ for it. Let's be as specific as we can be, for our own soul's well-being; but let us not for a moment think that the Lord can't figure out what we're trying to say, if we're having a hard time getting the words out. Prayer is important--but it is not a magical genie coming out of a bottle, and God does not hold us to any particular formulas.
[Puritan quote of the day: "There is no such thing as any inordinate-
ness in holy affections; there is no such thing as excess in longings after the discoveries of the beauty of Christ Jesus . . . Men may be as covetous as they please (if I may so speak) after spiritual riches . . . " --Jonathan Edwards, in one of his sermons]
