{"id":447,"date":"2016-03-23T07:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T07:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2016-03-23T07:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T07:39:34","slug":"college-poem-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"College poem #18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTimes of Weakness, Times of Strength\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lord, so often do I find myself in situations where I am weak,<br \/>\nAnd in my pride, I turn aside from Your command to be humble and meek.<br \/>\nI try to fight back with my own mortal strength, but the truth is, I really have none.<br \/>\nSo when I fail, and fall into sin, I look back with regret upon what I have done.<br \/>\nThen I remember what is written in Your Word, that You are the strength of those who follow<br \/>\nAnd obey Your commands-they are filled with Your power, unlike sinners, whose sin leaves them empty and hollow.<br \/>\nWhen I am closest to You is when I am strong; with You as my light and my guide<br \/>\nWhatever path I walk is never wrong,<br \/>\nBecause in You does my strength abide.<br \/>\nThis now is my prayer, O Lord my God: when I am weak, may I be in You strong.<br \/>\nMay my life be filled with praise for You, in strength and weakness, lauding you in song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTimes of Weakness, Times of Strength\u201d Lord, so often do I find myself in situations where I am weak, And in my pride, I turn aside from Your command to be humble and meek. I try to fight back with my own mortal strength, but the truth is, I really have none. So when I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=447\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">College poem #18<\/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-7d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"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=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}