Why (Really) Do We Become Prayerless?

“I haven’t prayed in a while.”I say this to myself too often. How long has it been? Sometimes a few hours, sometimes most of a day (or more). Where has my mind been? Where has my heart been?I sense the gentle but corrective nudge of the Father. He gets my attention by implanting in my mind the same question he asked Adam in the garden: “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). I’m then forced to ask myself, Where have I been? Why have I been prayerless?The sudden awareness that I have wandered from the bl