Father...hello!

I verbally speak words to you Lord, but I know that you also listen to my heart all the time...

You do consider everything I'm thinking of...

My joy and my sadness you know of before I even tell you about them...

I know Father that you hear my heart in the morning, you listen to my heartfelt desire about circumstances that will cross my path...the good and the bad.

One thing I need to improve on Lord is to wait for you patiently because your agenda is different than my agenda.

I want things to be done fast; but you God are patient, always a mentor and teacher, always spoonfeeding me with your blessings at the proper time, and the right proportion...

That's why I need to understand your ways Lord...they are meant to teach us patience, and to enable us to see ahead before we take any action that may bring the wrong results in our lives and the lives of others...

Neither the wicked nor the arrogant can understand this; their heart is not geared toward you Father.

Sadly, they are cut off.

They seek out their own personal agendas that they consider unseen by you; by their own arrogance and self-serving wickedness they are disconnected from you Lord.

They do however receive their proper reward...

But I already know Lord that I can come to your house; you are inviting me in, as you do all the brothers and sisters who are alive today.

As for myself Father, my heart enters through your portal; I sit at the stairs of your porch with heartfelt love...

I need not request from you anything Lord; I know that you lead me through the path of life...

Still, you want me utter my request through words so that my heart-mind-soul express themselves outwardly through my physical being as well.

I realize that I live in a world where survival of the fittest is a priority; these days survival of the fittest means getting ahead of everyone else...it can make people do evil, selfish things.

I am aware of this trap that people fall into (sometimes knowingly, sometimes unknowingly) and the secret traps they lay out for the unsuspecting; but I also know that their plans will backfire as you banish them from your sight...

As for me Father, I will sit at your porch and declare my joy for being with you, knowing that you are protecting those who seek you out with heartfelt intention, seeking you personally.

I'd like to consider myself as one of them; I seek you Lord directly, to hang out with you spiritually as I go about my day...

(GM Evagrius)