It's interesting that Isaac is from Ninevah, the same place where Jonah was supposed to go. Anyways, moving on... He has some interesting points that I had a hard time putting into action.
For example, he compares love to a stream that dries up with no rain, and a mighty spring that gushes out of the earth and flows forever. I thought that the stream can be compared to the conditional love we have for one another on earth. A girlfriend's love for a boyfriend, a husband's love for his wife, a friend's love for another friend. Although our love may seem unconditional, yet when you really look at it, we're very selfish and most of us love that person conditionally. We love them because they make us happy, they make us laugh, we like to do the same things together, because they love us. But if that person suddenly changed one day, and they were rude, unenjoyable to be around, unsupportive, depressed, or even claimed that they didn't love you, would you still love them? I don't know, it just dawned on me, I think that that would be difficult if someone told me that, and would probably would stop loving them. Just as the rain stops and its river dries up, when the love diminishes the love is gone. Some of us would probably try for some time to keep loving that person in hopes that they will love us again one day, but how long can that go on? Okay, depressing enough for one day, lets move on to something a bit more exciting.
I thought it was interesting that he said "When we trust God with our whole heart, we don't fill our prayers with 'Give me this' or 'Take this from me.' We don't even think of ourselves when we pray." I've always learned "Ask and you shall receive.", so I do pray for others, yet I also include myself in there as well, because it says that when I ask, and trust God to do it, it should happen. But to not think of ourselves at all when we pray is a new one for me. "At every moment we trust our Father in heaven, whose love infinitely surpasses the love of all earthly fathers and who gives us more than we ourselves could ask for or even imagine." So we don't think of ourselves , and trust only in God, he will provide for us more than we can imagine. That's really cool! I never even thought of that before.
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I think by all of these passages Isaac is trying to convey that it is not all about you. Since you can not love as deeply as God or even free yourself from yourself you need Him. I do not agree that when you pray it should not at all be about you. it says many times in the bible that we are to ask of God what we want. but if your heart is in the right place you will automatically start praying for others more than yourself. also think about God listening about all of our problems. Instead don't you think He would rather have a heat to heart conversation. one where you are trying to know him in every way possible and asking for this knowledge and wisdom.
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