One thing I love about art history is that it connects the secular and religious history.  We see things in the art that depicts what happened in the Bible. 

Lately, we have been reading about the Saxons and other Scandinavian tribes.  They started very tribal, but later more and more missionaries went to visit them and they became more Catholic. 

A source by St. Patrick, he says, quoting the apostles, "the spirit held is when we don't know how to pray or what we should pray for."  Sometimes i am at a loss as to what to pray for.  I don't want to pray for my own desires nor do i want to say the same pray again and again.  We all have the spirit with us, and he is to guide us in ALL things.  Including prayer.  It also states that in Preach my Gospel.  Sometimes we kneel and just wait for our words to be guided and maybe those prayers are shorter, but they have the spirit with them. 

Continuing on it says, "the spirit prays with a language which goes beyond mere words.  The Lord is our spokesman who prays for us."  We pray through Christ, with the spirit, and the Lord always listens.   

In Alma we read, "Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord," 

I know that prayer is sometimes hard, we may feel we are talking to a wall, or no one is listening, but we must do it.  Every morning and night and walk with a prayer in our hearts throughout the day.  It is a commandment and it is the best way to receive help.  So pray to God, share everything in your heart, talk to him as you would your father, and tell him everything!

Being on my knees so long

My heart sang its song

I had a question on my mind

I was in a bind

Before me I saw two ways

I’ve mulled it over for days

I know what I desire

But they are things I can’t acquire

However, God knows what I need

And that’s why I plead

So he can guide me

And my salvation is a guarantee