Billy Sticker argues that honest prayer, including doubts and disappointment, deepens your relationship with God. He compares it to a marriage where partners express hurt and unmet expectations. God can handle your questions and pain without flinching.
But like, just— it is okay to be honest in your prayers, right? Yeah. There's something intimate about you being able to be honest, just like you should be able to have that open communication with your spouse. Like, look, this really upset me whenever you didn't do this and I expected you to. But God, If you would have been here. If you would have been here. God can handle your questions. God can handle your fears. God can handle your impatience, and he can handle your hurt. How else are you going to have intimacy with God if you can't be honest with him?
