{"id":513,"date":"2016-05-30T20:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T20:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2016-05-30T20:38:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T20:38:16","slug":"college-poem-37-last-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"College poem #37 (last one!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This poem, I think, is themed rather well. I wrote it towards the end of my final college semester in 2009; while contemplating the path(s) lying beyond graduation, God spoke to me saying &#8220;Daniel, one part is over, but another is just beginning; it&#8217;s all part of the same journey we began years ago.&#8221; I continue to pray this as I continue moving forward in my walk with God, and I pray that you are blessed as you read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Continuing Journey\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lord, I now stand at the crossroads again,<br \/>\nWondering which way to go.<br \/>\nI pray, Holy Spirit, that my Guide and Helper You will be,<br \/>\nShowing me what I need to know.<br \/>\nI trust in Your plans for me, O God,<br \/>\nEven if right now I don\u2019t see<br \/>\nWhat lies just ahead around the next bend<br \/>\nOf what life will now be.<br \/>\nMay my life give You glory as I go on the way,<br \/>\nGrowing closer to You as together we go.<br \/>\nLord Jesus, forge me into an instrument of peace,<br \/>\nOne that will bear abundant fruit as You sow.<br \/>\nLife is a journey; only You know where it ends,<br \/>\nAnd how the path will rise, fall, twist, and turn.<br \/>\nI thank You that You are with me always;<br \/>\nMay my soul for You forever yearn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This poem, I think, is themed rather well. I wrote it towards the end of my final college semester in 2009; while contemplating the path(s) lying beyond graduation, God spoke to me saying &#8220;Daniel, one part is over, but another is just beginning; it&#8217;s all part of the same journey we began years ago.&#8221; I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=513\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">College poem #37 (last one!)<\/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-8h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513"}],"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=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}