Short story: The value of Scripture study, and prayer

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Rabbi Gregor Artevski, was making the point, to his students, that both study of scripture, and prayer to God, are needed in a spiritual life. He pointed out to the meditators, amongst his students, that meditating does not require speech, but prayer does. We need to be good at articulating our words, and so we are actively alive in our doing of this, instead of being passively alive, in our meditating. Both practices do have their merit, but do not neglect one for the sake of the other. Our soul has certain facilities built into it, like desire, will, understanding, goodness. When we live from love within us, our desires, our will, our understanding, stays connected to our goodness, and so we are serving God by our lives. Studying scripture gives us insight into the thinking of God. God's mind opens up for us, in such a way, that we can then also learn to think more like God thinks, in our own lives too. Thusly, we can live our life in a better way, by our praying to God, and having a trustful faith in him too. We gain knowledge, and wisdom, from our active study of God's word, which helps to bring more of God into our own words too. Prayer and scripture study strengthens our relationship to God. They bring peace into our life by connecting us, and reconciling us to God, through such active interactions with him. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Scripture and prayer work hand in hand to better our life for God.