What i learned at CHURCH!

I know. I learned something at church! I'm amazed. Sunday school lesson: Numbers 12. Moses. As my sunday school teacher presented it, Moses has a wife from Cush (aka Ethopia), and Miriam and Aaron are fussing at him. Why can't the leader of the Jews get a wife from his own race? Noo, she's from Ethiopia. But Moses is different and he likes it that way. Anyhow, humility was actually the point of the lesson. Miriam was struck leprous for "dissing" Moses...and what did he do? Did he say, "That's what happens when you rebel against me! What were you thinking, sis? God chose me for cryin' out loud!" Nope. He said, "O God, heal her--please." And God says okay, but shut her out of the camp for seven days. And Moses didn't lead the people on until she came back. Then we talked at the end about how Moses could be so humble. It's because he saw God face to face. I think i'd fade from my own view if i saw God. How could i not be blown away and humbled? Then he mentioned our way of "sorta seeing God face to face".
"How many of you just treat prayer as 'transition time'?"
What? Do i? I wake up, say "oh, i need to get straight, time to transition" and then i read and pray. Wow, yeah, i do!
But prayer isn't that at all. Prayer is our chance to talk with our creator, face to face, to stand in awe of Him, recieve His love, and sit at His feet. How could i describe talking to God? It should be so much more than "MY transition time". It doesn't have to be long... remember the tax collector? "Oh God! Be merciful to me, a sinner!" but perhaps if you have a bit more energy... Solomon prayed a great prayer
Lord, may i never take speaking to You for granted.