Who needs prayer more? Us or God?

"I am deeply convinced that the necessity to pray, and to pray unceasingly, is not so much based on our desire for God, as on God's desire for us. It is God's passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer. Prayer comes from God's initiative not ours. It might sound shocking, but it is biblical to say: God wants us more than we want God!...So, who is more in need of our prayers: we or God? God is. Who wants to be heard most: we or God? God does. And who "suffers" more from our lack of prayer: we or God? I say in in awe, but without fear: God does. As long as we continue to reduce prayer to occasional piety we keep running away from the mystery of God's jealous love, the love in which we are created, redeemed and made holy. "

--Henri Nouwen, from "Prayer and the Jealous God" as in The Only Necessary Thing