Anonymous A started this discussion 1 week ago#125,529
I always thought the act of dropping to your knees and praying felt redundant when God already knows what you need and what you want. I always thought it was more important to keep the faith that God's working in your best interest regardless of how weird that may be. Though lately a feeling has been getting to me that perhaps I need to document my prayers. I found a cute little journal on Amazon and I just logged my first prayer. There is something calming about documenting your own communication with the almighty one.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 days ago, 22 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,359,945
There is something that feels so right about doing this. I wish I learned about prayer journals years ago. Sure, it feels like I'm still talking to God about what I need or what I want in redundancy, but this feels more like writing him a letter. I always like to write and I like to engage in calligraphy so this feels like the perfect way for me to express myself to the creator of all things. I was inspired for this idea by the thought of rosaries and prayer beads. What is the purpose of them? It again felt like another form of redundancy until I realized it wasn't so much about the actual words of the prayer then it is the spiritual connection. I almost considered getting my own pair of prayer beads, but for whatever reason, that didn't seem right for me. I still might get them at a later date though so who knows there. Then it hit me that I like to write and I like to engage with calligraphy so why not a journal. I looked up prayer journals on Amazon and they are a thing. Almost like I was called toward on particular one and that's the one I have now. I feel so much more calmer having to put my prayer down on paper than say it orally. It feels like it's being made official somehow.
Perhaps the purpose of prayer isn't so much about voicing your concerns to God, but more for the prayer to align their thoughts regarding what they need or what they want. Perhaps prayer is a gift from God to better serve us as humans as we take the first person perspective of our lives. God knows and God does what he wills, but perhaps this was his way of providing us the tools necessary to conquer our trials head-on from a more direct perspective.