I write from hospital about Joanna Moorhead’s musings on prayer (17 May). I’ve had plenty of time in my current situation to reflect upon the love, good wishes and prayers that are being directed towards me as I recover from surgery. They have been an immense support, and very tangible evidence of God’s love for me. And that, perhaps, is one reason why we pray. Not to remind God nor to assist him, for of course he neither needs reminding nor assistance. In a small act of solidarity, by our prayers, we join with our suffering friends and thus remind them that, while they do indeed have our love, the most important fact of all is that they have God’s love. And he will carry them through the valley as he has carried me these past nine months.I pray that Ms Moorhead wi