{"id":495,"date":"2016-05-12T06:02:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T06:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2016-05-12T06:02:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T06:02:52","slug":"college-poem-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"College poem #33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Mirror and the Glass Window\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I think about God\u2019s light and how we are called His love to spread,<br \/>\nIt makes me wonder how we live our lives, from our waking to when we go to bed.<br \/>\nDo we let His light shine through us, like an empty space, leaving no trace of its touch?<br \/>\nDo we merely reflect it like a mirror, never absorbing, though &#8220;giving&#8221; much?<br \/>\nIn reality, we are like windows of stained glass, created to magnify God and show the glory of His light,<br \/>\nReliant upon Him to fill us with His Spirit, that we may for Him shine bright.<br \/>\nIt is the Lord who brings light into our lives, and gives diversity and color to our human existence.<br \/>\nAs citizens of His kingdom, we should allow Him to shine in and through us without resistance.<br \/>\nLord, I pray that we would always desire to remain close to You,<br \/>\nThat Your light in our lives will be a testimony that our faith is true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Mirror and the Glass Window\u201d When I think about God\u2019s light and how we are called His love to spread, It makes me wonder how we live our lives, from our waking to when we go to bed. Do we let His light shine through us, like an empty space, leaving no trace of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=495\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">College poem #33<\/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-7Z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495"}],"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=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}