Last night, I felt tired. Listless. Jaded. Dry. The usual. I was fed up with the usual. So I knelt and prayed...instead of pouring out mindlessly, the words that came forth were that of the timeless, eternal promise of Him.

"Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours.
Now and for ever."

Somehow, this simple prayer, made me feel right again. Reminded me of Psalms 23, how the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. How he leads me beside green pastures, still waters.
How He restores me soul.
Reminded me of Gideon and the poem he wrote on his blog. How the one who knew the Full came to the Empty. And "the Full was poured out into the Empty, body broken, tattered and torn and the Full was given to all, given free...so that we who were once found empty, could breathe the Full in breath"
Read Gideon's poem on his blog btw, its really good.
And if you can...the Lord's prayer, pray it, reflect upon it. Don't see it as what mission primary school kids recited every morning( and in chinese on fridays!!) but as simplest, most meaningful of prayers, a source of comfort, something you can bring before God when words fail and emotions overwhelm. This was what Jesus used to teach the disciples how to pray. Seems to me, we need some teaching too.