the language of prayer

Hello,

I read recently that learning how to pray should be like learning a new language--you immerse yourself in the language of prayer until it becomes of a part of you.  And the place to immerse yourself in the language of prayer is in the book of Psalms.  Psalms has been believers' prayer/worship book for millenia. 

That's been true for me.  In college I had a religion professor who said we ought to read the Old Testament as well as the New Testament, and that a good place to start was in the Psalms.  So I started reading Psalms.  A funny thing happened:  I started praising God more (because it happens all the time in Psalms), and my vision of God got bigger (because God is really big in Psalms).  And it's wasn't like I sat under some theologian who analyzed the structure of Psalms for me or explained they're meaning.  No, I just absorbed these truths into the warp and woof of my being like a child learning the word for "ball" or "dog" from mom and dad after months of immersion in their home.

Why not try it?  A Psalm a day, year after year, until you pick up the language of prayer/worship?  No sterile classroom environment or boring lecture, but a steady diet of the language of prayer in the comfort of your own home (or office or commuter van,etc.).  Blessings.

Pastor Rick