When I was a youngster, I used to be really mad that people in church seemed to rush through the prayers.<\/p>\n
“They’re going too fast,” I used to tell my mother. “They should slow down.”<\/p>\n
As I developed my own prayer life, I realized that there were times when I’d pray quickly, too. Perhaps I was in a rush, or perhaps I knew the words to a memorized prayer so well that I just tripped over the words like so many stepping stones.<\/p>\n
Now, I try to slow down enough to savor the words, one word at a time. I find that this helps me focus my prayer time and the words in a prayer, whether memorized or improvised, settle down more deeply into my soul.<\/p>\n
When we take our prayers one word at a time, we realize how beautiful prayer is, and how profound each word is.<\/p>\n
Yes, take prayer one word at a time – and open up a whole new world of understanding and spiritual growth!<\/p>\n
Joys,<\/p>\n
Maureen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I was a youngster, I used to be really mad that people in church seemed to rush through the prayers. “They’re going too fast,” I used to tell my mother. “They should slow down.” As I developed my own prayer life, I realized that there were times when I’d pray quickly, too. Perhaps I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1272,43,1242,1047,578,1245,1236,95],"tags":[1238,96,97,1714,426,1715],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-praying-spirit-prayer-2","category-encouragement-in-life","category-food-for-thought","category-good","category-goodness","category-positive","category-prayer-2","category-prayers","tag-a-praying-spirit","tag-prayer","tag-prayers-2","tag-praying-one-word-at-a-time","tag-spiritual-growth","tag-words-in-prayer-deepening-our-sprit"],"yoast_head":"\n