A Prayer for Those Who Do Not Pray Lord, it is not easy talking to You. You hold all the cards. You perceive us to the core of our being. Your presence intimidates and alienates us, because no one wants all their secrets known, nor chooses to have the depths of their despair plumbed, nor feels secure in the certainty that memories best left forgotten are retained by One with unerringly impeccable recall. O Lord, it must be hard sometimes to be God of a people who find flaw with Your perfection or, at least, me. Lord, have mercy on those with no cause to pray, those whose belief in the power of prayer is mitigated by the paralysis of reason. I ask not that You grant them faith, for such a gift cannot be given, only taken by choice. Instead, Lord, I ask for a broader distribution of imagination in those who are lonely, who talk to themselves and do not like the answer, who have thus far proven steadfastly unable to conceive of a reply which might satisfy their yearning for the comforting whisper of small talk regarding the topics of the day and, of course, the curious silence of the elephant in the living room. |
A Prayer for Those Who Do Not Pray David Keffer Knoxville, TN October 20, 2014 |