{"id":12000,"date":"2021-09-10T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=12000"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T11:00:18","slug":"walk-the-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/09\/10\/walk-the-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk the walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/09\/10\/walk-the-walk\/bridge_over_sluice_gate\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bridge_over_sluice_gate.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1628938903&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0016447368421053&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bridge_over_sluice_gate\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bridge_over_sluice_gate.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bridge_over_sluice_gate.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bridge_over_sluice_gate.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bridge_over_sluice_gate.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bridge_over_sluice_gate.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">Canal tour in Paris, while waiting at one of the sluice gates &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:24px; font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:18px;\">He has told you, mortals,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;what is good<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in His sight.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhat else<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;does the Eternal<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ask of you<br \/>\nbut to live justly<br \/>\nand to love kindness<br \/>\nand to walk<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with your True God<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in all humility?<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right:20px;font-size:18px;\" align=\"right\">(Micah 6:8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Micah%206:8&#038;version=VOICE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VOICE<\/a>)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTake time to meditate on this verse and consider how you might put it into practice in the particulars of your life and relationships, including your relationship with the one True God-with-you, who loves you and knows what is good and what is good for you. <\/p>\n<p>No doubt, there will be things to confess and put right, as well as new prayer-inspired, prayer-supported initiatives as your move forward.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/01\/22\/first-love\/\">First love<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/01\/14\/the-last-may-be-first\/\">The last may be first<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/05\/28\/in-the-school-of-prayer-with-st-francis-of-assisi\/\">In the school of prayer with St Francis of Assisi<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canal tour in Paris, while waiting at one of the sluice gates &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; He has told you, mortals, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;what is good &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in His sight. &nbsp; What else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;does the Eternal &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ask of you but to live justly and to love kindness and to walk &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with your True God &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in all humility? (Micah &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/09\/10\/walk-the-walk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walk the walk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-12000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-meditation","tag-walk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walk the walk - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What else does the Eternal ask of you but to live justly and to love kindness and to walk with your True God in all humility? 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