{"id":6999,"date":"2021-02-21T18:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T08:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/?p=6999"},"modified":"2021-02-21T18:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T08:08:06","slug":"renewed-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/renewed-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Renewed in Love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An anonymous poem<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we walk through life’s valley in the shadow of death,
\nWe look around seeking light to penetrate into its depth,
\nAs we struggle, persevere, lift our eyes to the cleft,
\nSeeking hope, life, deliverance that’s impervious to theft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we find ourselves consumed by our daily trouble,
\nAs life’s happenings build up to burst our fragile bubble,
\nWe try to grit our teeth, pushing through our struggle,
\nIgnoring the only One able to deliver us from this self-made muddle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neglecting Him we try to resort to our own efforts and means,
\nThinking of strategies and ways our minds earnest and keen,
\nForgetting His mighty hand and workings that are hidden, unseen,
\nWorking this trouble all for good from behind the visible scenes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believing all is for good can be doubted, misunderstood,
\nCrossing our mind a natural question often humbly could,
\nAnd so we turn to His word as our source of nourishing food,
\nWhere we will feast on holy examples which the Bible gracefully exudes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we look at Abraham, his life’s efforts and toil,
\nCalled to leave his country home and familiar soil,
\nHis faith tested through fire, simmered up to the boil,
\nAnd yet God rewarded him because he was loyal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up we have Isaac who was always obedient,
\nWho thought not bringing a ram was quite inconvenient,
\nWho humbly submitted himself, although not expedient,
\nAnd so God blessed in a way that he had not seen yet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in Jacob we have one who seems awfully real,
\nOne who wrestled with God and experienced his feel,
\nAlthough challenges abounded late in Jacob’s ordeal,
\nGod was working all for good for his children to meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three examples we see of the patriarchs of old,
\nWhose experiences with God give hope to the fold,
\nThat God can deliver all who draw near Him and hold,
\nWorking all things for good to those love Him bold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renewed in Love An anonymous poem As we walk through life’s valley in the shadow of death, We look around seeking light to penetrate into its depth, As we struggle, persevere, lift our eyes to the cleft, Seeking hope, life, deliverance that’s impervious to theft When we find ourselves consumed by our daily trouble, As … Continue reading “Renewed in Love”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7001,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999\/revisions\/7001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}