Prayer connects us to God. And God gives us peace. Not because all our prayers are answered the way we want, but because we know He is working things for our good.

How we grow to know God is through His creation.

We grow in our relationship with God when we don't have to go through a religious system but have direct communication. Jesus showed us the way.

Ps 90:12 tells us to count our days to become wise - not by figuring out how much we have left to live, but by figuring out how to live with the time we have left.