In prayer and meditation we develop an awareness that there is a lot more taking place in creation than we are conscious of. It is often easy to interpret the world through the lenses of our disappointment, fears, happiness, etc., but the feelings that we have at any one moment, while important and real, cannot be interpreted rightly apart from the context of God’s action. In prayer and meditation we are found by the God who acts and our feelings of self-pity and narrow-mindedness are redeemed by His wonder-working power manifested in the world. Prayer and mediation make us aware of what God has done to us and for us, we are His beloved and He is ours!!