Watch and Pray

To watch is more than to look. It is to live with attention.

There is a kind of spiritual carelessness in which life moves past us without being examined: opportunities are missed, temptations are not recognised early, gratitude is delayed, and the quiet movements of grace receive little notice.

Prayer brings that attention before God. Watching without prayer can become anxiety; prayer without watching can become abstraction. Together they form a way of living that is awake, discerning and dependent.

Live attentively. Walk prayerfully.