A
few days ago, I video-chatted with my family. Our youngest son Aim,
barely a year and half by now and upon hearing my voice, climbed the
chair and started to talk incessantly towards the laptop to which he is
quite sure is where my voice was coming from. I must admit, that I have
no idea whatsoever he was talking about except for some ba-ba-da-di
sound expressions that I have heard before. I tried to sound-imitate him
and the more he kept at it. And I was just more than willing to indulge
and engage in his lively-repetitive speech. Zek who was over-hearing
our conversation is himself giggling at our amusing talk. He would
chimed in once in a while.
For that 5-minute duration hearing Aim’s voice, I was all smile.
It was a re-invigorating replenishment of my drained energy after a hard-day’s work.
It was like a breeze of fresh air after a long day of fog, a warm peek of sunshine after hours of dark clouds.
As Christians, it is a given that we love God and, as we have been heavenly-ordained, we seek to please Him.
The
most basic of ways to do that is by prayer. Fr. Jerry Orbos would often
quote, the shortest and quickest line to God is between your knees and
the floor.
On
the other hand and as a result of our spiritual dryness or state of
sinfulness, a lot of us are worried that our words might sound gibberish
to Him.
Not by a long shot, for He knows us and our individual voices (Psalm 116:1-2) despite our spiritual incoherence.
God smiles when we pray to Him.
He
smiles not because of our struggles to pray but because He knows we
seek Him out, just like a baby or young child, seeking out his parent
for his needs.
Sounds good for you?
Then let us pray.
Lord,
I want to make you smile today so I pray today to let my voice be heard
by you. I am sorry if my sinfulness, worries, busy-ness are hindering
me to make my prayer time, our conversation, more focus and frequent.
Please bless my family always. Thank you and I love you.
