Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification – how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.
We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak of the two in the same breath.
He is inviting you – and me – to come home, to come home to where we belong, to come home to that for which we were created. His arms are stretched out wide to receive us. His heart is enlarged to take us in.
Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come “underneath,” where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent.
![Richard J. Foster Quote - ..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately….Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-true-test-of-spirituality-is-in-the-freedom-to-683x1024.jpg)
