Catherine Marshall

The purpose of prayer

The purpose of prayer is to find God's will and to make that will our own.

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Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says to the earth,
"You owe
Me. "
Look
What happens
With love like that,
It lights the
Whole
Sky.

~ Hafiz