A Prayer to Be Real

Your Daily Prayer

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 12 March 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Life Audio
0:16.0	A prayer to be real by Maggie Meadows Cooper, read by Liam Martin.
0:23.2	I can't seem to shake a conversation I recently had with a dear friend.
0:28.0	We were talking about some struggles in her life and she exclaimed,
0:31.0	I just wish everyone would get real.
0:34.3	I feel so isolated, like I'm the only one going through things.
0:39.5	When it's time for prayer requests, people talk about their sick family members, but I'd
0:44.8	love to hear someone say for once that they need prayer for their marriage or a real
0:50.4	personal struggle.
0:53.6	She went on.
0:55.4	You know that old saying, go to the throne and not the phone?
0:59.6	Well I know I need to take it to the Lord, but I also need to hear my friends talk about
1:05.6	what's really going on in their lives, so I don't feel so alone.
1:13.0	Wow.
1:15.5	The truth is that my friend is not alone.
1:18.5	We all have struggles, but why is it that we keep them to ourselves?
1:25.1	Why do we feel the need to carry on a façade in front of people instead of sharing our
1:29.9	hearts, even with those closest to us?
1:35.4	I can't help but feel like people want truth, but I have found that the truth they want
1:41.8	to hear is the truth that's comfortable and non-controversial and easy to digest.
1:48.6	A nicer version of the truth, if you will, but the problem is that's not the real
1:55.0	thing.
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