{"id":279,"date":"2015-12-04T07:59:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T07:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2015-12-04T08:02:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T08:02:20","slug":"poem-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"Poem #23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to Know God (#23)<\/p>\n<p>When we started out, I never did dream<br \/>\nThat I would radically find out that, in the Christian life, we\u2019re a team;<br \/>\nYou commanding, me obeying, and knowing You deeper as we go;<br \/>\nThrough the trials and tough temptations, with You, my faith gradually grows.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what it\u2019s about-trusting in You, and finding out how great life can be-<br \/>\nWhen I trust in the eternal God, it\u2019s so much better than trusting me.<br \/>\nYou are the One-everything and more than I could ever want or dream;<br \/>\nAll I need do is trust You with my life, and give You control, and I will draw closer to Heaven\u2019s gleam.<br \/>\nYou are more than anything, the great I Am, the great Provider and Friend;<br \/>\nYou comfort me in my greatest grief, every time when my whole life seems to rend.<br \/>\nYou are the Lord and Master of my life; no other being will I serve.<br \/>\nFor You alone have love everlasting, and only You my soul can preserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to Know God (#23) When we started out, I never did dream That I would radically find out that, in the Christian life, we\u2019re a team; You commanding, me obeying, and knowing You deeper as we go; Through the trials and tough temptations, with You, my faith gradually grows. That\u2019s what it\u2019s about-trusting in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=279\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poem #23<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5w0VP-4v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}