Slow Me Down, Lord

 

 

                       Slow Me Down, Lord

 

Slow me down, Lord!

 

Ease the pounding of my heart, by quieting my mind.

Steady my hurried pace with a vision of eternal length of time.

 

Give me, amid the confusion of the day, calmness.

Break the tensions in my nerves and muscles with soothing thoughts

                               that live in my memory.

Help me know the magical, restoring power of rest.

 

Teach me the art of slowing down to look at things as they are.

Let me chat with a friend, read from a good book, or saver a

                               scene of nature.

Let me look into the branches of the mighty oak and know,

                                    that it grew great and strong because

                                    it grew slowly and well.

 

      Yea, Lord, slow me down!