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Honesty · Day 120

It's Fine to Pray in Borrowed Words

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Matthew 27:46 · BSB

You can close your eyes to pray and find that nothing comes. Every sentence you start can sound too stiff or too small, and after a minute it's easy to open your eyes and decide to try later.

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