{"id":479,"date":"2016-04-18T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T20:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2016-04-18T20:39:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T20:39:58","slug":"college-poem-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"College poem #27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I read back over this poem so many years later, I can&#8217;t help but think of Keith Green&#8217;s song, &#8220;When I hear the praises start.&#8221; It&#8217;s not exactly the same theme, but God&#8217;s desire for us to live and seek fulfillment from Him holds true to both. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod\u2019s Plan for my Story\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh My child, how I long to work in you, and give you an amazing life story<br \/>\nAs you seek Me out and do My will, living your life for My glory.<br \/>\nYet, sometimes you choose to walk away, and allow the world to define your identity,<br \/>\nThus choosing for yourself a lesser life than what was planned for you by Me.<br \/>\nCome back to Me, o wandering child, turn about and come back to your Creator;<br \/>\nWho knows you better than anyone, from your outermost layer to the core.<br \/>\nI love you, My child, and long to bless you, but first, you must submit your life to Me.<br \/>\nLet Me shape your future, refine your identity, and bring out your best for all to see.<br \/>\nYour choices define who you are, and what effect you will leave on the lives of others.<br \/>\nSo let My plan be done through your life, and reach out through Christ to your lost sisters and brothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I read back over this poem so many years later, I can&#8217;t help but think of Keith Green&#8217;s song, &#8220;When I hear the praises start.&#8221; It&#8217;s not exactly the same theme, but God&#8217;s desire for us to live and seek fulfillment from Him holds true to both. \u201cGod\u2019s Plan for my Story\u201d Oh My &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=479\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">College poem #27<\/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-7J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479"}],"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=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}