Prayer

"I cannot help the thought which grows steadily
upon me, that the better part of prayer is not
the asking, but the kneeling where we can ask,
the resting there, the staying there, drawing out
the willing moments in heavenly communion with
God, within the closet, with the night changed
into the brightness of the day by the light of
Him who all the night was in prayer to God. Just
to be there, at leisure from ourselves, at
leisure from the world, with our souls at
liberty, with our spirit feeling its kinship to
the Divine Spirit, with our life finding itself
in the life of God,--this is prayer. Would it be
possible that one could be thus with God,
listening to Him, speaking to Him, reposing upon
His love, and not come out with a shining face, a
gladdened heart, an intent more constant and more
strong to give to the waiting world which so
sadly needs it what has been taken from the heart
of God?"

--ALEXANDER MCKENZIE