A doctoral student asked the famous scientist 'What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?' With considerate thought and profundity Einstein replied, 'Find out about prayer. In 1952, Albert Einstein was delivering a lecture on the campus of Princeton University. And yet, for the believer it remains one of the greatest gift our Lord has given us outside of salvation.
It is talked about more than anything else, and practiced less than anything else. Prayer is, for the most part, an untapped resource, an unexplored continent where untold treasure remains to be unearthed.
Over.' 'Tower to pilot,' the dispatcher began, 'Repeat after me: 'Our Father Who art in heaven.'' He called the control tower and said, 'Pilot to tower, I'm 300 miles from the airport, six hundred feet above the ground, and I'm out of fuel. I heard a story the other day of a man who encountered a bit of trouble while flying his little airplane.
Instead of it being something we do everyday, like breathing, eating and walking and talking, it seems to have become like that little glass covered box on the wall that says, 'break in case of emergency.' It is true that so very often we associate prayer with crises in our life. Meyer, the author of the great little book, The Secret of Guidance said, 'The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but un-offered prayer.'
