Good things take time...

Have been integrating "The Jesus Prayer" into my lifestyle, as I'm drifting off to sleep, unable to sleep, waking in the morning, parked in traffic, walking.

Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

The first part includes the gospel, the history of Jesus Christ, the second part represents the history of our weakness and sinfulness. It is an incredibly concise, comprehensive, powerful prayer, suited to our posture, status before God.

Its efficacy, benefit become apparent when it is internalized - interior prayer.

• constant - repetition


• attentive - invoking the name and presence


• the mind enters the heart

Our spirit operates through several levels, but the deeper the communion, the deeper that work, and then we need time, constancy, attentivenss as heart is acted upon.

Another song comes to mind:

Take from my mind the stress of secret fear; cleanse thou the wounds from all but thee far hidden; flow through my soul, redeem it's desert places, and make a garden there for the Lord I adore.