Prayer always means submission. To pray is to willingly put ourselves in the unguarded, exposed position. There is no climb. There is no control. There is no mastery. There is only humility and hope. To pray is to risk being naive, to risk believing, to risk playing the fool. To pray is to risk trusting someone who might let you down. To pray is to get our hopes up. And we’ve learned to avoid that. So we avoid prayer.
Oh wow this hits home. How many things have i been unwilling to commit to praying about because "what if it doesn't happen". There is SO much vulnerability in that hope/faith posture
