Supplication. What a wonderful word! Each Christian should both learn about and then seek supplication in their lives and their relationships with God. In creating a solid, lasting relationship with God each Christian must remember to supplicate before God. The desire for honest, loving supplication before the Lord is often the best foundation for a prayerful life filled with goodness. Christians must remember to always be earnest and humble in their prayers. Christians should beware of the danger of wanting, desiring or expecting too much information. This is the age of instant access. This is the age of endless insistent stimulation. Hidden within this information sometimes is either the deception or diversion that sin is made of. Beware of anyone who wants to appear educated and wise. Listen with your heart for some sign of an understanding and appreciation of goodness, holiness, social justice. Listen with your heart for some sign of humility and charity. Listen with your heart for a brief moment of time and then go and pray to God about what you have just heard. Wisdom requires patience, both to be spoken and to be heard, understood, and applied. Wisdom asks the soul to participate, freely, humbly. Wisdom seeks to improve the soul’s health or disposition. The soul will not be satisfied by catchy phrases, well constructed melodious sentences. Goodness in action and thought will create a good life which will please and calm the mind. Standing before God humbly as an obedient servant with a pure conscience will provide all Christians with the confidence and love to follow in the footsteps of Christ.
True sacrifice is every work undertaken in order that we may be joined to God in holy fellowship. Saint Augustine
The beauty of a life as a Christian is often found in the details, in the minutes of silence, in time spent in devotion or in prayer. As each Christian learns how to love his neighbor, then each Christian learns to extend their individual prayers and petitions to include his neighbor. When the an individual earnestly and humbly asks God for assistance for another person that is the beginning of wisdom. Although prayers may be said in private, prayer is often a community act. Remember that every hour of the day somewhere in the world someone is praying to God, in seminaries, monasteries, parishes, in private residences. Prayer helps us to join in fellowship. Prayer requires effort, discipline. Prayer should not be restricted to just one simple act but to an entire life dedication to loving and serving God. Throughout each day of a Christian’s life, there will always be something to praise God about, something to ask God for assistance about.
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