Most often my method is a simple attention to God combined with a general sense of hunger for God. pg. 35
The soul which enjoys God desires nothing but Him. pg. 36
Dear Lord,
You know that recently I've been......oh how would I say it.....I've been dragging my feet coming to prayer. I've been putting it off, sometimes to the point where I need to start working, or I need to go to bed. Even now I resisted writing "Dear Lord," because I had a stronger inclination to write a journal entry to myself. However, I pressed myself to talk to You instead. Thank You for that grace, Lord.
Lord, I don't feel like You're far away from me, but I feel like I'm far away from You. Or perhaps more accurately, I feel like you're right here waiting for me to look at You, yet I keep avoiding eye contact and I stay busy with....well.....absolutely nothing as important as talking with You. I'm not entirely sure why I find myself in this position. In this state of avoidance. I think I understand part of it. I think more than a small part of it is just my health. I'm not as positive, as optimistic, as energetic, I don't have a strong sense of my own goodness or worthiness or lovability, therefore I avoid the opportunity of failure.
But I know my failure is inevitable. I've already failed, which is why I need You. Without my failure, and my sin, and my wretchedness I could not receive Your mercy. It is in my failure that You can enter and I can be most loved by You.
Lord.......help me in the practice of the presence of You. Just to see and feel Your long loving gaze. Please get me back to that state where I'm not only comfortable in Your presence, but that I desire Your presence and Your gaze. Please get me back to where my actions are all motivated by my desire to love and to please You.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.