During our time together last night (eating donuts and hanging out in a hotel room) Katie shared an awesome bit about prayer. I asked her if she’d be willing to blog about it and she agreed. Take it away Katie.

Everyone knows that prayer is the foundation of an intimate and real relationship with God. I mean it seems so easy, just tell him what’s on your mind as if you’re talking to a friend or family. Right? Wrong. Lately I’ve been… struggling. Instead of the conversation with God seeming like a normal human interaction, it feels as if I’m conveying my hopes and thoughts to a brick wall. Maybe even a stone wall, Or concrete even. Of course I still bless the food for dinner every now and then and it’s not so hard. It’s not even that I don’t know what to say, I just forget to set aside time. A lot. Anyways, back to the DCLA part, so tonight during “Big Room” time, worship got pretty serious. The leader told us to take a few minutes to pray while he played some music. For the first time in a while, I bowed my head and I had no idea what to say. I literally just stood there while everyone else cried around me. It was a pretty bad feeling, like something was wrong with me. But then the guy started praying out loud. It went something like this…” Dear God, I don’t know what to say or where to even begin, but I just want you to know that I love you…” It was exactly what I needed to say. I felt God tonight and I think He’s telling me to give prayer another shot and to give Him another shot. The end.

How many of us have felt that way before. I pray for each person reading this that God will reveal Himself to you, just as He did Katie tonight. It’s awesome to see God work in the lives of our teens. Seriously, I have the best job in the world.

Jon