Prayers

"Stations of the Cross"  copyright 2011, by C. Schroeder, All rights reserved

There are times in our lives when answers are not forthcoming, when fear is a strong force we struggle against, times when we feel alone and changes overwhelm us.  It is my experience that when we meet those times, when practical advice doesn't work so well, that prayer does.  Prayer lifts up a heart that is discouraged, it gives support to those caught in the tendrils of fear, it comforts those who are in the midst of grief, it holds the one for whom we pray in gentle hands.  Scientific studies tell us it works.  No one can explain exactly why it works, of course, that part is mystery.  Thank goodness something remains as such.  Prayer doesn't give us THE answers, but it does help us to quiet our hearts enough to find the answers within.