a heavenly connection

i love prayer. just the thought of communication with the God of the entire Universe gets me so excited and thankful for the fact that we serve an accessible, loving, and forgivable God. you often hear the analogy of Michael Jordan or somebody wanting you to be on his team is like God choosing us, but i think that the two instances are simply incomparable. who the heck is MJ? this is GOD we're talking about; the beginning and the end the great I AM! (yeah, i know its just an analogy, but you get my point) the great thing about prayer, though, is that it is essentially unnecessary (stick with me here, i'm making a point). we know God is omniscient; He knows what we need and what we think of Him, and everything else, but He's not just the Loving God that fulfills our needs, He's the Loving God that wants to hear us cry out in our insufficiency and lowliness to ask Him for fulfillment. one thing that we need to remember, though, is God always has those three answers at His disposal: yes, no, and wait. just because we rely on Him and put our faith in Him through our prayers doesn't ensure us an affirmative answer. we fall into this misled thought because we often make prayer about ourselves, not Him. this about communication with and faith in God, nothing else.