{"id":15654,"date":"2024-09-30T23:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15654"},"modified":"2024-09-30T23:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:21:09","slug":"deep-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/09\/30\/deep-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/09\/30\/deep-connection\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024.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;motorola edge 20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1727473159&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.88&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1792&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/timisoara_hungarian_festival_september_2024.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&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A prayer<\/h3>\n<p>O Lord, how hard it is to accept your way. You come to me as a small, powerless child born away from home. You live for me as a stranger in your own land. You die for me as a criminal outside the walls of the city, rejected by your own people, misunderstood by your friends, and feeling abandoned by your God.<\/p>\n<p>I am trying the overcome the feelings of alienation and separation which continue to assail me. But I wonder now if my deep sense of homelessness does not bring me closer to you than my occasional feelings of belonging.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have to run away from those experiences that are closest to yours. Every time I feel this way I have an occasion to be grateful and to embrace you better and taste more fully your joy and peace.<\/p>\n<p>Come, Lord Jesus, and be with me where I feel poorest. I trust that this is the place where you will find your manger and bring your light. Come, Lord Jesus, come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nby <strong>Henri Nouwen<\/strong><br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/9780310248729\/the-book-of-a-thousand-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #299<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/08\/05\/in-the-school-of-prayer-with-padraig-o-tuama\/\">In the school of prayer with P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tuama<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/12\/14\/theme-good-news\/\">Theme: Good news<\/a> &nbsp;[<span style=\"color:red;text-transform:uppercase;\">prayer sheet<\/span>]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/06\/04\/a-holy-space\/\">A holy space<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A prayer O Lord, how hard it is to accept your way. You come to me as a small, powerless child born away from home. You live for me as a stranger in your own land. 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