On Praying

A month or so ago I went to a weekend intervarsity retreat. I don't remember much from it, but i did write a few things down. As i was just reading through my notes, i spotted something that i had wanted to remember- "Pray like a texting conversation"

I think it was a reference that one of the speakers made, but it got me thinking.
Ever since the advent of "unlimited texts", teenage girls (and some guys) will spend the entire day with multiple conversations running with multiple people.
Like, they start off each day with a "hey" to the same person, and then throughout the day, they have their noses in their phones going back and forth and back and forth until bedtime.

Its really annoying.
Constant connected communication is one of the great paradigms of the 21st century- incredibly useful and also incredibly crippling.
But i think its really cool that we can stay in touch with our friends for the entire day, even if we don't see them once.

Prayer ought to be exactly the same thing.
Mature christians usually have a "quiet time" or a "prayer time" set apart in their day where they pray to God- and that's a good thing.
But it's a much deeper place when in addition to that, you never take your mind off of God- praying ceaselessly, like a texting conversation, every minute, every day.
back and forth, back and forth. That includes listening.