Prayer

My Bible study today was out of 1 Samuel. I was reading about Hannah and her longing for a child. She prayed from the depths of her soul for a child.

"I am a woman with a broken heart...I've been pouring my heart before the Lord. Don't think of me as a wicked woman; I've been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment." 

1 Samuel 1:15-16

The staff at Graffiti 2 is reading through Mother Teresa's book called No Greater Love. The first chapter was about prayer. This is one of my favorite quotes from this first chapter:

"Our prayers should be burning words coming forth from the furnace of hearts filled with great love." (p. 5)

I think Hannah's prayers were just that!

My prayer life has long been one of non-discipline. Yes, I pray. But how disciplined is my prayer life? Do I really get alone with God and spend time praying to him from the depths of my heart? The book also says, "Our prayer life suffers so much because our hearts are not silent." Do I actually carve out time in my day to be silent before God?

So challenging to me today!