The hardest part of praying is letting go of our resentments, bitterness, and anger--and that means not holding back from God. Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.
Why would you really want to do that?
Perhaps you would let the other cross your inner threshold to see something or to touch something, but to allow the other into that place where your most intimate life is shaped---that is dangerous and calls for defense. To continue with this article...
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