I’ve never been a woman who speaks; not in public nor private has speaking ever come naturally to me. It’s not that I’m shy; I’m just not wired to speak; I am wired to write.

For many years I prayed in my head. It wasn’t until I began to speak up and out loud that my prayer life began to prosper. It’s not that God hears us better when we speak (or write for that matter) but we can hear ourselves better. As someone who struggles with attention deficit, I can very easily get lost in my head. Trying to pray in my head is like trying to study for a test in the midst of chaos and constant interruptions or distractions.

When I began to pray out loud, things changed. I began to see God as more like a friend than this distant being who just so happens to know my every thought.

Recently, I bought a personalized refillable journal and a pen that I could write comfortably with. I told myself this would be my prayer journal, and I would devote myself to filling its pages over and over again. This is when my prayer life reached a whole new level. Why? Because I had finally begun to pray the way God wired me to.

God has given so much to me; with this prayer journal I hope to give something back to Him—pages filled with praise from a woman who writes.