Finding it hard to pray

Albrecht Durer, The Praying Hands

I have a prayer calender on my office desk. I turn it everyday, but glance at it but so often. Today though, O. Hallesby caught my eye and spoke my heart:

"The real purpose of our wrestling in prayer is to render us so impotent and helpless, not only in connection with our physical and spiritual needs, but, above all, our inability to pray, that our prayer really becomes a prayer for the Spirit of prayer."