Pray to love

"Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of himself."

                                                                         - Mother Theresa -

To which I would add something a very wise man once said to me: *Prayer might not seem to change the things or people you pray for or about, but it changes you, your attitude towards those things or people, and how you see and feel about the world. It changes your mind, and your heart, and that changes everything.

*Credit goes to the Rev. Tim Ditchfield, who first said this to me and who continues to remind me of this most important lesson. I try now always to pray from a place of love, to remember that my prayers are heard with love, and to pray that everything I do is governed by love. It's not easy but I try!