Prayer

I try to maintain a structured practice of prayer . Consistence is hard to maintain. Your life takes over and you start thinking you are in control.I need to take time to stand back,ask for help. What do I pray for. Forgiveness,Guidance,faith. Are my prayers answered. Yes they are. The most common answer : " I need to listen !"
We already have all we need to serve God and are wasting most of it. Our purpose in life is to serve god. We begin to stray when we start choosing how and when we want to serve. We want a personnel relationship with God which is possible except god is not a person. Though we try to understand God through our own limited experiences.
Our values and views are limited to this world and time. God is eternal. Gods view of our life and world is entirely different. Gods loves and puts a greater value on our life's than we do. But a vastly different and greater value . In this life we lack complete understanding. But life continues .
Its in prayer that I realize other prayers have been answered. Hind sight is at least 20-30.