Conversations With God

The Blessings of Keeping a Prayer Journal

Conversations With God

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Even when we try to spend time with the Lord in daily prayer, once our work day begins, we often find ourselves engulfed in a busy, active life.

It may be hours before we have an occasion to think about God again. Yet prayer is where we meet the Lord face to face. It is the point of love, where we can pour out our hearts to God and allow him to fill them with his grace.

That is why a prayer journal can be so helpful in our spiritual walk with the Lord. It is the “transcript,” so to speak, of our conversations with God. Even when it seems that we are the only ones speaking, a journal can affirm that we have lifted our minds and hearts to God. For those times when we do sense the Lord speaking to us, writing down what we think he is saying is a way of capturing and building on those precious moments.

There are many ways in which…

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