25/11/2023
Rumi was once asked:
What do you "Gain" from praying to God regularly?
He replied:
Usually "I don't earn anything", but rather "I lose certain things".
And he quoted everything he lost praying to God regularly:
I lost my pride
I lost my arrogance
I lost my anger
I lost stress
I lost greed
I lost the pleasure of lying
I lost the taste of sin
I lost the impatience
I lost despair and discouragement
Sometimes we pray not to gain something, but to lose things that don't allow us to grow personally and spiritually.
Prayer educates, strengthens, and heals!