O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Spirit and pour into my heart your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue
- Book of Common Prayer 1979
You are the peace of all things calm
You are the place to hide from harm
You are the light that shines in dark
You are the heart’s eternal spark
You are the door that’s open wide
You are the guest who waits inside
You are the stranger at the door
You are the calling of the poor
You are my Lord and with me still
You are my love, keep me from ill
You are the light, the truth, the way
You are my Saviour this very day.
- Celtic Prayer circa the 1st millennium
And so I urge you, go after experience rather than knowledge. On account of pride, knowledge may often deceive you, but this gentle, loving affection will not deceive you. Knowledge tends to breed conceit, but love builds. Knowledge is full of labor, but love, full of rest.
- chapter 23, The Book of Privy Counseling
I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the timewaking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God- it changes me .
C.S.LEWIS

I’ve been thinking and fighting and toying with the idea of prayer for a long time…
It’s something that confuses and frustrates me in unique ways.  

Recently an idea that keeps finding me is that prayer “doesn’t change God- it changes me.” 

I think I need to try to dedicate some more time/brain energy into this topic…