{"id":2938,"date":"2024-03-19T22:44:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T22:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2024-03-19T22:44:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T22:44:48","slug":"evensong-143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2938","title":{"rendered":"EVENSONG 143"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-1025x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-1025x1024.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240319_122931-COLLAGE-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty years ago John Lennon sang, \u201cGod is a concept by which we measure our pain.\u201d I never fully understood that line until today when I read this psalm, despite the pain that I\u2019ve endured.<br><br>Young David says, \u201c[The enemy] has made me dwell in darkness, \/ Like those who have long been dead. \/ Therefore, my spirit is overwhelmed within me; \/ My heart within me is distressed.\u201d<br><br>And still he prays, \u201cI remember the days of old; \/ I meditate on all Your works; \/ I muse on the work of Your hands. \/ I spread out my hands to You; \/ My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.\u201d<br><br>On our pedestals, we keep on playing those mind games long after we realize that \u201cin [God\u2019s] sight no one living is righteous.\u201d But we can be working class heroes and dreamers. Imagine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years ago John Lennon sang, \u201cGod is a concept by which we measure our pain.\u201d I never fully understood that line until today when I read this psalm, despite the pain that I\u2019ve endured. Young David says, \u201c[The enemy] has made me dwell in darkness, \/ Like those who have long been dead. \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2938\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENSONG 143<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2939,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938\/revisions\/2939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}