Lying to God

You can’t pray a lie. ~ Mark Twain

Admitting to ourselves, to God,
and to another human being...
It seems scary to tell another,
raises all kinds of fear to see yourself,
but somehow we figure God knows,
can't be fooled, maybe isn't much present
since he's tough to see. Yes, it's hard
to tell a lie to God. But there's always
the next best thing...
run away. Hide. Don't remember
that meditation bit, the prayer time,
reading things that might pull us in.
Folks have tried that for millennia...
and it's never worked. Not for Jonah,
for Adam and Eve, for the woman
who touched Jesus' robe...
God's there, even when we ignore him,
and he hears us
even when we don't mean to pray
and he's satisfied with our sitting there,
aware he's there, asking for willingness
to pray.