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Praying with Understanding

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Prayer, I believe is a conversation between us and God, either we are giving thanks, making requests or even asking questions. Yet it is not uncommon to feel like a prayer could be such a complicated and maybe even a delicate conversation to have, after all, it's God we are talking to here. There is no way that wouldn't be somehow daunting! I remember learning to pray as a child during family devotions and how nervous I'd get, mumbling through my words, hardly able to get anything coherent out. My auntie, bless her, would jump in the middle of one of my many long pauses to rescue me and carry on with the prayer but once we were done, my uncle would almost chide her for not giving me a chance to learn and develop my confidence. I didn't blame her; I found those long pauses very uncomfortable too! So, I usually understand when people tell me they do not know how to pray and would prefer others to pray for them or they'll just avoid it altogether and some even ask if

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The Author Called Pain

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I have listened to different life stories; heard stories of roaring victories after defeat; stories of stupendous gain after loss; stories of unimaginable strength after weakness. In the recount of these stories, there were varying degrees of pain and sadness, some were so overwhelming, especially if it had to do with dealing with the death of a loved one. There are some stories however that just had nothing but pain in it from start to finish, just as if pain was writing the story itself. I'm attending the funeral of a dear friend today and theirs' was also a heart-breaking story, one filled with lots of painful experiences. We are the author of our lives, just as Jesus is the author of our faith. We are not the maker but definitely the author. Now, I know reading this, you may wonder how that can be, when sometimes we are not in control of things that happen to us whether good or bad. Yes, there are things that happen to us that are outside our control but how they shape our