The world says, “If you are not making good use of your time, you are useless.” The world means pursuing money & goods. The Word [Jesus] says, “Come spend some time with me.” Jesus means just sit quietly with me, in away be “useless.”
If we think about prayer in terms of its usefulness to us – what prayer will do for us, what spiritual benefits we will gain, what insights we will gain, what divine presence we may feel – God cannot easily speak to us.
But if we can detach ourselves from the idea of the usefulness of prayer and the results of prayer, we become free to “waste” a precious hour with God in prayer. Gradually, we may find, our “useless or wasted” time will transform us, and everything around us will be different.
May God Be Praised.
