This morning, I read a passage by C.S. Lewis’ mentor George MacDonald that captures the essence of love gathering so beautifully, I couldn’t wait to share it with you!

“But if God is so good as you represent Him, and if He knows all that we need, and better far than we do ourselves, why should it be necessary to ask Him for anything?”

I answer, What if He knows Prayer to be the thing we need first and most? What if the main object in God’s idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, our endless need–the need of Himself?…Hunger may drive the runaway child home, and he may or may not be fed at once, but he needs his mother more than his dinner.

Communion with God is the one need of the soul beyond all other need: prayer is the beginning of that communion, and some need is the motive of that prayer…So begins a communion, a talking with God, a coming-to-one with Him, which is the sole end of prayer, yea, of existence itself in its infinite phases.

We must ask that we may receive: but that we should receive what we ask in respect of our lower needs, is not God’s end in making us pray, for He could give us everything without that: to bring His child to his knee, God withholds that man may ask.”

Beautiful! Being with God and having a relationship with Him is the life changing goal!

So I ask myself:

How can I connect with God more more truthfully and meaningfully today?

From experience, I know that as I tell Him more of the truth about myself, my thoughts, motives words and deeds, I will feel more of His unconditional love for me! Without truth, what relationship do I have?

Sending my love!