"Preaching about prayer is like falling into the ocean. We cannot touch the ocean floor; we are overwhelmed by the vast sea around us. We come up flailing our arms, gasping for breath and struggling to stay afloat. No matter how hard we try, we cannot reach the depth and the breadth of prayer, but we continue to be buoyed by prayer even as we explore its mysteries." — Lewis F. Galloway in Feasting on the Gospels (Luke, volume 1)
I feel entirely seen.
I have been musing on this post for a few days now. Very thoughtful image. I think of myself as prayerful, but now I wonder if I am only walking along the beach and wading in every now and then.
ReplyDeleteI think all we can do is give ourselves over to drowning.
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