The Tide

 My prayer life connection to God is like the tide.  It comes and goes.  But God is like the water, the ocean, always present.  If I stay in one place on the shore, I will experience presence and absence of water.  So sometimes I adjust if I want my feet to be in the water.  And sometimes I back away to stay dry.  I cannot control the tide, I can only avoid the water.  God does what God does and I do not control it.  I can only show up and see what happens.  What if my God had a rip current presence?  Go all in?  Surrender to the sacred pull.  Die to self and pop up anew?  I am not quite ready for that.  But I do try to stay near the water of God’s Presence.