Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?

We read to know we're not alone.

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.

Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If you do not seek Him, you will not find Him.

We read to know that we are not alone.

We are the slaves of slaves

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.