{"id":356,"date":"2015-12-30T20:44:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2015-12-30T20:51:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T20:51:25","slug":"poem-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Poem #49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two things inspired the thoughts behind this poem.  The first was a radio promo, illustrating the Christian lifestyle as a baseball game; the punchline was, the only thing(s) that follow you &#8220;home&#8221; are people.  The second was a statement during a sermon &#8211; &#8220;you never see U-hauls in a funeral procession.&#8221;  Both are reminders that God&#8217;s purpose for us here is not to gather stuff, but to bring people and Jesus together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really matters in Life\u201d (#49)<\/p>\n<p>There is one question that, at some point, enters every human being\u2019s mind-<br \/>\n\u201cWhen I pass away and leave this world, what reputation will I leave behind?\u201d<br \/>\nWe all wish to show in our lives what really matters in our hearts.<br \/>\nBecause, after all, we cannot take our possessions with us to our graves in carts.<br \/>\nBut what really matters in this world, beyond anything else-what makes a real mark on history?<br \/>\nIs it a great position of power, all the money we can earn, or does the answer lie with the things we cannot see?<br \/>\nThat is where it really matters-what kind of life we live in the spiritual realm of life.<br \/>\nSome choose to live for Jesus and find everlasting life; others choose to reject Him and cut their hope for eternity as with a knife.<br \/>\nDecide today what in life really matters to you-the temporary values, or the eternal;<br \/>\nPlease choose with caution-whatever choice you make, be sure that for what you live for, you will be held accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two things inspired the thoughts behind this poem. The first was a radio promo, illustrating the Christian lifestyle as a baseball game; the punchline was, the only thing(s) that follow you &#8220;home&#8221; are people. The second was a statement during a sermon &#8211; &#8220;you never see U-hauls in a funeral procession.&#8221; Both are reminders that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=356\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poem #49<\/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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5w0VP-5K","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356"}],"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=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}