A cry. A cry lies within us in the depth of a place which we cannot touch. Waiting to escape the enclosed gates of our expression. Something is happening inside of us, beyond what we can articulate. So we respond. We respond to You; we respond to You Jesus. In Your pure light I have come out of the shadows of darkness. You alone are the one that can satisfy. Seeping every vacant space inside of me: reality. In You, in me in You. I try to imagine forever. And at a certain point my brain stops, but that’s You–forever being, forever existing, forever knowing You. Before there was anyone, anything, and You–and after everything there is no more: You. My thoughts can’t even fully comprehend You, so whatever praise my thoughts begin, my spirit has to complete. And every time I take in a breath, I discover You. That the same breath I’m breathing originated inside of You. So I breathe You in. Because You take me in Jesus. In Your pure light I have come out of the shadows of darkness. You alone satisfy. Seeping into every vacant space inside of me–try to imagine forever. That’s You: forever being, forever existing, forever knowing You. Before there was anyone, anything, You. After everything there was is no more: You. And every time I take in a breath… And every time I take in a breath, I discover You. I breathe You in, because You take me in. We breathe You in, because You take us in… To be still and breathe that You are God.

Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless—that’s your job, to bless. You’ll be a blessing and also get a blessing

Concerning wandering thoughts in prayer.
YOU tell me nothing new: you are not the only one that is troubled with wandering thoughts. Our mind is extremely roving; but as the will is mistress of all our faculties, she must recall them, and carry them to GOD, as their last end.
When the mind, for want of being sufficiently reduced by recollection, at our first engaging in devotion, has contracted certain bad habits of wandering and dissipation, they are difficult to overcome, and commonly draw us, even against our wills, to the things of the earth.
I believe one remedy for this is, to confess our faults, and to humble ourselves before GOD. I do not advise you to use multiplicity of words in prayer; many words and long discourses being often the occasions of wandering: hold yourself in prayer before GOD, like a dumb or paralytic beggar at a rich man’s gate: let it be your business to keep your mind in the presence of the LORD. If it sometimes wander, and withdraw itself from Him, do not much disquiet yourself for that; trouble and disquiet serve rather to distract the mind, than to re-collect it; the will must bring it back in tranquillity; if you persevere in this manner, GOD will have pity on you.
One way to re-collect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times: you should keep it strictly in the presence of GOD; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.
I have told you already at large, in my former letters, of the advantages we may draw from this practice of the presence of GOD: let us set about it seriously and pray for one another.

God does not ask much of you. But remembering Him, praising Him, asking for His grace, offering Him your troubles, or thanking Him for what he has given you will console you all the time. During your meals or during any daily duty, lift your heart up to Him, because even the least little remembrance will please Him. You don’t have to pray out loud; He’s nearer than you can imagine. It isn’t necessary that we stay in church in order to remain in God’s presence. We can make our hearts personal chapels where we can enter anytime to talk to God privately. These conversations can be so loving and gentle, and anyone can have them