The Lord sees the good people and listens to their prayers. [Psalm 34:15 (NCV)]

Prayer doesn’t have to be complicated. The simpler it is, the better it is. God has lots of prayers to hear so let’s not consume his time trying to impress him with verbiage or flowery language. This morning, let’s take a few moments to have the most important conversation of our day. Let’s talk with God. We don’t have to be eloquent or grammatically correct. Our words just need to be genuine and heartfelt. We mustn’t forget, however, that good conversationalists are also good listeners. We’ll have to stop talking long enough to hear what God has to say to us.

Here are the two best prayers I know: “Help me, Help me, Help me,” and “Thank you, Thank you, Thank You.” A woman I know says, for her morning prayer, “Whatever,” and then for the evening, “Oh, well,” but has conceded that these prayers are more palatable for people without children. [From “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith” by Anne Lamott]