You know, the asepcts of prayer are ever-changing for me…just like communication with my spouse. In dating, it was intentional, topic driven, filled with thoughts and questions and planning. In time, just the silence on the line became what I enjoyed the most. The intimacy of not wanting to hang up. Then, maturity grew, and just being in the same house, doing our thing, talking around and about kids…talking through proceedures, tasks, projects carries the same intimate weight.

My prayer life is much the same. It has changed as I’ve gone through the seasons you mention. Those times rooted me somehow. It’s all not just staying “deep” for me now…it’s coming to a place of functional depth. I had to start praying, “God, I need you near, I need your help. I know you are real and you help, but please don’t shake my core…I have responsibilities to my hsuband and my children to be attentive. Be near…but please come softly.”

Interesting stuff to me. Thanks for sharing.