Sipping Turtle Soup

So in my book today one of the key thoughts that kept pressing itself was two words. "Our Father"
Yeah the Lord's Prayer. That's what the books starts with. BTW, Becoming the Answer to our Prayers, is (somewhat) the name of it.
Anyway, back at the ranch;
Our Father. Our. This prayer begins with a small 3 letter word that we may have overlooked before. Our. Jesus as he's teaching the disciples (and eventually us) to pray begins with "Our"
It begins with a statement of relationship. Our. Not mine, Not yours. Our Father. As some of us know, God is all about relationships.
Adam and Eve
The Trinity
Lion and the Lamb
(just to name a few)
In speaking of prayer He says "where two or more are gathered . . ." - relationships
Marriage, biological family, small group Bible studies, etc are all morsels - little glimpses - of community.
God has invited us into a great feast. And often we miss out. We stop short.
Truly praying the Lord's Prayer as members of the church is inviting God to make us what we already are - the beloved COMMUNITY of a new humanity.

OUR FATHER.

Again, I'm not sure where each of you are with being in a relationship with God. But please comment. Share your thoughts, agreements, disagreements with this statement. It doesn't matter how eloquent or not you are. I want to hear from you. Or I wouldn't have tagged you. :)
Peace
Gary

Sitting in the lap

So, I've started a new book. Not that I've finished the one I'm supposed to have done. But I've started "becoming the answer to our prayers."

I read through the forward (or introduction, I can't remember what it was called as I sit here and write) and even there the book had come cool thoughts. One that stuck out goes kind of like this:

"Prayer is like a little girl playing at her grandma's feet. She doesn't have to say or do anything to please grandma (she's content to watch her play). The most beautiful moment is when the child grows tired. She crawls into grandma's lap to be rocked. To hear a lullaby. To feel a kiss on her forehead and feel the warm embrace of love."

And really how true is that? It's less about what we say, and more about being with the one we love. It's about being there together.

Thoughts???