{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Prayers and Ponderings","title":"Prayer: Necessary Sabbath Rest, with the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":253,"description":"Necessary Sabbath Rest - A Prayer by the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins Loving God,  Grant me grace  To receive Your Sabbath  Rest and renewal  So often resisted  In frenzied rush  Toward inertias  Of my own making. Let breathing space  Awaken me to Your breath  Given as gift in every moment  For a soul sustenance  Often taken for granted  Yet bearing the miracle of life  Into my body, mind and spirit. Let sacred pause still me  Into awe and wonder  At mysteries little and large  Too often taken for granted  By a heart and mind overfull  With distractions dividing  My attention at every turn. Settle me enough  To notice Your precious pulse  Pressing Your life through me  And in others around me  Permeating Your whole creation  Already singing a song of praise  If only I will stop and listen  To birdsong of early spring. Yes, let your Sabbath gift  Bear me up in light and love  And offer rest from my restlessness  In discovery of Your resurrection  Already bearing its eternal motion  In this body of me and the world. Here…now…yes…thank you, Love.\n                                          Amen.\nMusic: A Kind Word by Moments","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iykltkcY696E49X9RtKA2dwpLdGNeOD4AbYktXEVdOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzMDQxLzE2NTk5/NzU1ODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}