Choose a length and a background tone, then pray or sit quietly. Pick a guide to keep one verse in front of you. When your mind wanders, read the verse again.
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“When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him.”
Matthew 1:24 (NIV)
Carry it into the day
One word when there are no words
“There was a stretch when I could not pray in sentences. Grief took the language out of me. So I prayed one word at a time, 'help', 'stay', 'please', and left it at that. Nothing dramatic happened. But I kept showing up, and after a few weeks the sentences came back on their own.”