Our conversation with God

One of my favourite comedians is Bill Cosby. He does a great take on Noah's conversation with God as he's instructed to build an ark. Here's a youtube link to listen to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KHt8xrQkk

I don't know about you, but on occasion I've had similar conversations with God. When things don't go as we want or expect, we sometimes can get frustrated and argue with God. Last night I was at a prayer group, and we discussed the topic of prayer, what prayer is and how we should pray. Although Jesus did teach us what to pray, He didn't specifically defined how we should express our prayers...

We tend to come before God with elequant words, sometimes in a way trying to impress Him (or even sometimes the people around us). But Jesus had His opinion about people with elequant words. Quite simply He wasn't impressed.

All God expects from us is a sincere and contrite heart, broken if it may be. He wants to feel our emotion and passion, even when things don't go as we wish. He didn't create us as one sided or unemotional robots, so why do so often we pray as if He has? I don't think God gets angry when we react to Him in our growing process (as little kids so often also do with their parents), He just expects us to trust and obey Him however we reach that point. We just need to remember at the end of the day He really does have our best interest at heart.

So next time you pray, ask questions, let Him know what you feel and think. Even though has given us a model of how and what to pray, He has never asked us to deny expressing our thoughts, feelings or emotions. He's not interested in a stagnant "textbook" relationship, but one that is vibrant and free, whether emotions run hot or cold. For He truly loves us and want's us to be His passionate children.