Without Sight

At what point do see without sight?  At what point do we know without questioning?  Innately we see, innately we know and yet often we choose to ignore.  Why?  Ignorance is bliss, true and that which we cannot see cannot hurt us; ask any 5 year old who heard a weird sound at night and threw the covers their head to protect them.  That in which we choose to partake decides for us our vision and, consequently, the knowledge we choose to believe.  Most of us probably fell off the bike the first time we attempted to ride as will most fall away from prayer, fall away from the drive to become closer to God riddling perseverance and ambition nominal contenders among the demigods of entitlement, self preservation and egotism, each rendering prevalent in our society.  The level of effort we put forth to become the best at anything should be comparative to that of the effort driving our relationship with God; driving our commitment to prayer; to recognizing love without sight and knowing hope without question.  The correlation of effort is proportional to output yet we selfishly rely upon the knowledge that God is eternal love and will forever call us His children hence fueling our lackadaisical procrastination toward prayer.  How many times have we said, “I’m too tired to pray”; “God knows...”; “I’ll take time tomorrow to pray”; and more excuses have been uttered.  Yes, God is there and will be there, but shouldn’t we?  Shouldn’t we be there with God, listening, learning, accepting that we may reciprocate His love, His hope in this, our, world?  Without prayer we still see but cannot comprehend.  Without prayer we still know but we do not understand.  It is through prayer that we come alive in the Father’s wisdom and gain the courage to act upon our gift of piety rendering conscious theories inferior to the truths innately inscribed upon our soul.  Acting in accordance with a world obsessed with self, let us become self absorbed...burdened not with becoming superior but rather dedicate to the idea of becoming whole.  We spend so much time preparing for Christmas, with choosing the most perfect present why not include self in the list of presents this year, only this present comes not with a price tag simply a promise.  A promise to set aside time each day to be with God; time spent in prayer growing close to the Father, seeing without sight; knowing without questioning.