“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” Mahatma Gandhi
From a very young age, I had always enjoyed prayer and biblical stories... Actually, I enjoyed all stories that had a moral teaching of sorts and I understood, somewhere deep inside of myself, that there was one universal God who embraced all of us regardless of the path we chose to follow.
Whenever I am exposed to something that disturbs my soul, I find myself turning to prayer and it has sustained me. I know that there are those who don't believe in prayer, I can respect that, but because it has always come alive for me and helped me find a calm in any storm, I turn to it again and again.
The Prayer of Peace from Saint Francis of Assisi is an example of such a prayer and the fact that we live in shaky times makes it even more necessary and relevant. What do you turn to when your spirit has been touched by harshness or mean words? How do you cleanse yourself from such exposure? I have added the Prayer for Peace below. I would love to hear your take on prayer and how it has affected you or not...
