From my very early years I had sought chastity from  you [God] but had prayed, “Give me chastity and continence, but not yet!” I feared that you would hear me quickly, and that I would be cured of the lust I wanted satisfied rather than extinguished.

—Augustine, Confessions 8.7.17

Just one more reason why you have to love a saint like Augustine, who always called a spade a spade, even when talking about himself. It is good for all of us to examine our prayer life with the clarity and ruthlessness that Augustine did so that in doing so God can help us grow in grace and our ability to pray.