Slow Me Down, Lord
Slow me down, Lord Author
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Ease the pounding
of my heart
by the quieting of my
mind
Steady
my hurried pace with a vision
of the
eternal reach of time
Give
me, amid the confusion of the
day,
the calmness of the everlasting
hills
Break
the tensions of my nerves and
muscles
with the soothing music of
the singing streams
that live in my
memory
Help
me to
know the magical, restoring power of
sleep.
Teach me the art of taking
minute vacations,
of slowing down to
look at a flower
to chat with a
friend
to pat a dog, to read a few
lines from a good book
Slow
me down, Lord and inspire me to send my
roots
deep into the soil of life's
enduring values that I may
grow
toward the stars of my greater
destiny