I paused and reflected upon the question.

I slowed down.

I sunk deeply into my very comfortable chair.

I noticed all of the distractions around me.

The ticking of a clock.

The buzzing of an electric light.

The whistling and howling of the wind.

A car engine roaring into life.

The chirping of an early morning bird.

I noticed my breathing, in an out and the physical sensations of my breath.

I became much more 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕.

I became less concerned with time.

Consciously, I had moved from simply getting my prayer done, into a much deeper immersion and was now ready to “commune with God”

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 – “to communicate intimately”

I returned to my knees.

I yielded myself to Him.

I began, slowly “Dear Heavenly Father…”

I expressed thanks and gratitude for a while.

I listened.

I listened some more.

I asked for guidance and help.

I trusted.

I communed with God.

I listened again.

Time was irrelevant.

I closed “in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen”

I waited.

I waited some more.

I listened for a while.

I listened, quietly, paying attention, listening……

Answers came.

Are you simply getting your prayers done?

Or are you communing with God?