Prayer as Real Conversation

Listen, I used to think prayer was this formal thing you had to get perfect.

Then one morning, I'm standing in my kitchen, coffee in hand, staring at a pile

of bills, and I just started talking to God like He was right there with me.

No fancy words, just real conversation. I said thank you for the roof over my head,

asked for strength to handle the chaos, and honestly admitted I had no clue what I was doing half

the time. And something shifted. I started doing this every day. Some mornings I'm

grateful for the sunrise, other times I'm literally asking for help finding

my car keys. When my friend got sick, I prayed for her healing while doing