CHARTERING THE INCENSE OF PETITION

Is prayer a license for the soul? That depends I imagine if you wish to regard it as something the lord hears. To me God hears every prayer. Even if he doesn’t respond the way we want, it doesn’t mean they aren’t heard.

Thus they come to heaven like an incense. A true prayer arises from the depths of the soul. It is an aroma precious because it comes from our inner most witness. The very essence of who we really all.

So it should be truly something natural, something that is both a search for answers and petition for aid, but also a praise. Yet so often I know for me I get reduce into too often taking the prayer time for granted. I forget who I am praying to and thus it becomes far too routine.

I think God understand that aspect of our humanness. And that is why at times it is so important to allow ourselves to breath and be a reclusive in thought that our minds are souls are truly prepared on all levels to approach the throne of heaven.

Honestly to me is the cornerstone of such petitions. There is no value in pretending or trying to excuse our shortcomings.

For myself I know there are times when I come to God’s throne of grace fill with guilt over some time I have failed. So my mind attempts to come to terms by excusing my behavior.

However as I go through the exercise of attempting to excuse my actions, God’s spirit will sometimes echo in my thoughts the simple truth of my behavior. There are many reason, but so much of it is rooted in sin.

So while I keep going through the motions for a while. that still small voice will keep tugging at me and repeating the truth in that one word. Then eventually it settles in and I slowly come to acceptance of the truth.

With God’s help I can smell the true scent of my incense and embrace where in my soul it was chartered and why. Afterwards comes the soothing sweet refrain from forgiveness and the rejoice over God’s grace.

How said when we let the incense from our deepest more guarded part of our essence is tainted by other than a willingness to let it rise by God’s will and desire. It is to deny and deprive oneself of the richness of appreciating what forgiveness truly brings to the soul.

When it become the fragrance of our lives then our nostrils that touch our soul can with quiet dignity and grace join the apostle Paul and accept how we too are the greatest of sinners.

May we all find the aroma from within to have the scent most acceptable to our lord and the strength to accept it as he intends. Peace only comes with the understanding.