Words in the Dark III: Part 4 – The Inspiration to Pray

“Those who look on God are radiant,” says David in his Psalm 34. After we prepare and concentrate, prayer in the school of David is incomplete without us spending time in repose looking at God, making contact with him in our spiritual senses. It’s in this phase of praying where activity ceases and as one writer describes it, we “allow the Holy Spirit to act in the secret depth of our souls.”