A recent "lightbulb" moment...
I've been reading Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Tim Keller. (Thank you, Mitch!) There is so much in the book to unpack, discuss, think about, and apply. Since I don't think anyone would appreciate reading pages and pages of direct quotes from the book on this blog, I'll just recommend it to any and all. Prayer is a topic that I always said I was going to work on but it always seemed too big to tackle. So, I continued with my norm and by ignoring prayer in my life, it became an even bigger idea that was just too difficult for me to wrestle. Thankfully, this book and the Scripture it has pointed me to, has revealed that prayer - rich, powerful, life-changing prayer - is very possible. I just want to share one of my biggest take-aways. By having a skewed view of the Gospel, I've created a skewed view of God, myself and our relationship with each other. My take on the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ keeps me from experiencing the fulln...