Time Exposure To God

“Our lives are like photo-graphic plates, and prayer is like a time exposure to God.  As we expose ourselves to God for a half hour, an hour, perhaps two hours a day, his image is imprinted more and more upon us.  More and more we absorb the image of his character, his love, his wisdom, his way of dealing with life and people.”   That’s what happens when we spend time in God’s Word and in prayer.  We reflect him and less of ourselves.  People see Jesus.

                                                                     (Kent Hughes, “Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome,” Wheaton, Ill, Tyndale, 1988, p. 139)