Why Pray?

If you look around at bookstores in the spirituality section, you'll notice that there are many books on prayer. For many of us, prayer is a part of our daily lives, prayer before meals, bedtime prayers, the Lord's Prayer. But why do we pray? Sometimes, we pray for people we love, sometimes we pray in desparation, other times we pray for guidance, other times we pray in gratitude. Prayer has been talked about in many ways, as sharing our hearts with God, as talking to God, as resting in God's presence. Today, I saw another description of prayer that makes sense to me. It comes from Pastor Ted Loder:
"The prayers we say shape the lives we live, just as the lives we live shape the prayers we pray." May our prayers shape us today and each day of our lives.