"The Psalms Are Truer than the Psalmist"
The disciples approach Jesus with a request: “Lord, teach us to pray.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his wonderful little book on the Psalms, says that we find the disciples request odd. Why would anyone need to be taught how to pray? Don’t we all naturally know how to do that? It’s a common assumption, but it is also a dangerous one. Why? The reason, Bonhoeffer says, is that we so easily confuse our own wishes, hopes, and frustrations with true prayer.
“Prayer does not simply mean pouring out your heart to God. True prayer is finding the way to God and speaking with him. Your heart can’t do that…
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