{"id":116,"date":"2016-02-03T15:40:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shepardofpeace.org\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2016-02-03T15:40:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:40:33","slug":"sometimes-the-wind-slams-shut-an-open-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes the wind slams shut an open door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tree stands still<br \/>\nBut a tree swing<br \/>\nswings both ways<\/p>\n<p>You may have slept all day<br \/>\nWhen you woke<br \/>\nIt was dark<br \/>\nBut look up<br \/>\nand notice the stars are bright<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re only here for a short time<br \/>\nWhen things are wrong<br \/>\nIts then we pay attention<br \/>\nIt seems so long<br \/>\nFailing to measure the good times<br \/>\nOne day you wake up<br \/>\nSo much of your time is gone<\/p>\n<p>Our boldness becomes a grain of sand<br \/>\nOur wisdom a stormy beach of thrashing waves<br \/>\nConfusion without any rhyme<br \/>\nBut you just know<br \/>\nUnable to explain how you knew<\/p>\n<p>Leaves float silently to the ground<br \/>\nWhen the wind blows<br \/>\nThose leaves come alive and make a sound<\/p>\n<p>By:  Roger Harkness \u2013 Shepard of Peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tree stands still But a tree swing swings both ways You may have slept all day When you woke It was dark But look up and notice the stars are bright We&#8217;re only here for a short time When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/?p=116\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","category-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministerpeacefulpoet.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}