Liberated to pray: Finding your voice in the presence of the Father

I know exactly how it feels to approach prayer with a heavy sense of hesitation. You might sit down to pray and immediately feel the weight of your own inadequacy, as if there is a specific code you haven’t yet cracked or a level of eloquence you haven’t quite reached. We often look at those who pray with “elegant,” flowing prose and feel like our own stilted, messy thoughts couldn’t possibly coun…