{"id":17256,"date":"2026-06-01T23:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=17256"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:03:46","slug":"slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/06\/01\/slow-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/06\/01\/slow-down\/slow_down_sign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slow_down_sign.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"slow_down_sign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slow_down_sign.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slow_down_sign.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slow_down_sign.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slow_down_sign.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slow_down_sign.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\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:20px; font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:1.5;\">\n<em>Wise words<\/em><br \/>\nDesert father <strong>Abba Anthony<\/strong> said, &#8216;Pay attention to what I tell you: whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live, do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will be saved.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><em>Prayer<\/em><br \/>\nGrow us slowly, persistently, and deeply, Lord, to be people who watch without distraction, listen without interruption, and stay put without inclination to flee. Amen.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:50px;\">\nfrom this morning&#8217;s devotion in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Common-Prayer-Liturgy-Ordinary-Radicals\/dp\/0310326192\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and <strong>Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 304<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px; border: solid 1px gray;\npadding:20px 40px 20px 40px;\"><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;\">My life a prayer<\/h3>\n<p>by Irene Bom<\/p>\n<p><em>I pray to GOD \u2013 my life a prayer \u2013<br \/>\nand wait for what he\u2019ll say and do.<\/em><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20130%3A5&#038;version=MSG\" target=\"_blank\">Psalm 130:5<\/a>, The Message translation)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nMy life a prayer \u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if only!<br \/>\nMy life a prayer \u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I don\u2019t know.<br \/>\nMy life a prayer \u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;really?<br \/>\nMy life a prayer \u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;please, Lord,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;make it so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">~ written as part of the Presbytery Project, <strong>Prayer Poems for Lent 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/07\/05\/bend-down-low\/\">Bend down low<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/03\/08\/quiet-my-heart\/\">Quiet my heart<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/02\/17\/sister-moon\/\">Sister moon<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Wise words Desert father Abba Anthony said, &#8216;Pay attention to what I tell you: whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live, do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/06\/01\/slow-down\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Slow down&#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":[63,3,99,127],"tags":[281],"class_list":["post-17256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-prayer","category-psalms","category-quote","tag-down"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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