From Yancey, Philip - "Prayer - does it make any difference?"

Yancey always rings the bell, and his new one looks good.

Chapter on "Just as you are" - and the fact God loves honesty. HE says bring it on - don't flee.

"We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." (C.S. Lewis)

Or put another way:

"We must trust God with what God already knows" - don't flee - fall forward - he knows, he welcomes us!