Prayer Is Elemental
Untutored, we tend to think that prayer is what good people do when they are doing their best. It is not. Inexperienced, we suppose that there must be an "insider" language that must be acquired before God takes us seriously in our prayer. There is not. Prayer is elemental, not advanced language. It is the means by which our language becomes honest, true, and personal in response to God. It is the means by which we get everything out in the open before God.
When I call, give me answers. God, take my side!
Once in a tight place, you gave me room;
Now I'm in trouble again: grace me! hear me!
PSALM 4:1
