Watch with WONDER

There is a certain unfolding in life that can't be predicted, controlled or even created by a certain set of instructions. There is what we want and then there is what we get; an order of the Universe that may hint at participation and yet seems to manifest in ways 'other' than what we may have imagined.

Prayer. Prayer looks so very different to many people.  We ask for what we want. We ask for what we don't want. We ask for God to read what's unknowable in our hearts. We pray after the fact.  We pray in our hopes & dreams. We pray in the midst of struggle.

Prayer is a very powerful thing.  It is an energy that identifies us as co-creators in this wild ride called LIFE.  I pray because I believe that my silence, my prayer is a part of a much grander story. And yet, there is a wonder that must accompany prayer ~ a WONDER-ment at how our LIFE unfolds.

Similar to the origami crane, our words and prayer take a certain shape.  It's a construct that's tangible and something we can relate to in our minds.  However, when unfolded, there are many other facets to what makes up this crane; folds and bends and creases and flat areas.  All negligible in and of themselves, but collectively create a beautiful image.

Our prayer is like this.  We think we pray to achieve something that is concrete in our minds, our hearts.  Yet, this WONDER-filled unfolding leads us on a journey within our inner landscape.  All the facets that create this beautiful, hopeful prayer.  And when we read our life backwards, we realize the perfect unfolding our prayer had in our lives.  Most often not how we imagined.  But if we can keep our hearts and our minds open and Watch with Wonder, we can most definitely see our prayers being answered.