The Benevolent Magician
This is just between you and your conscience. It's about your relationship and your communication with God. Sure ... you pray. Many people do. It may be a quick recitation of a prayer we've learnt or a quick request for a favour or two ... and sometimes, less often, we may thank Him for things that turned out well in our lives.
What I'm suggesting we focus on is our sharing with God. Do we share with Him our innermost thoughts, our innermost secrets, fears, worries and desires?
There is nothing that we need that He does not already know about. There is nothing that we might ask Him or pray about that He has not heard about before. He will not be shocked or scandalised by what we ask. But He likes to hear from us all the same.
We should not just run to God in prayer when we are faced with big problems, with seemingly insurmountable situations and when we are really in a panic. Sure we pray to Him then, but also we should pray to Him about the small matters in our lives. Nothing is too big or too small for His attention. We should not keep the small problems to ourselves in the hope that we will resolve them ourselves, or that they'll go away, or that the doctor will find a cure, or this or that excuse not to bring them to God in prayer.
God wants to hear about all our problems and worries before they become big and we are open to temptations from the evil one. Often people worry about things by themselves and torment themselves about something until it cripples their very thoughts. Let us bring our thoughts to God. Let us share our innermost fears and concerns as if we are sharing with a friend. He is more than a friend. He is our Creator who loves us and cares for us.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7.