{"id":10,"date":"2009-10-22T19:19:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T19:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=10"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:09:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:09:31","slug":"the-reason-for-the-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"The Reason for the Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me start by saying that I am a Christian.\u00a0 The Bible is my guide for living, so it should come as no surprise that I don&#8217;t order my life around the teachings or sayings of other philosophers.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t see the world through their eyes.\u00a0 For instance, Confucious said, &#8220;A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.&#8221;\u00a0 In a physical sense there is some truth to that saying, but unless the traveler knows the destination and has a direction, that step is leading nowhere.\u00a0 A journey of any length begins with a destination in mind.\u00a0 To simplify even more, a journey begins with a reason.<\/p>\n<p>A pilgrimage to the foot of the cross begins with the destination in mind.\u00a0 The reason for the journey is honoring Jesus.\u00a0 Begin with the reason, and then take that first step.<\/p>\n<p><big>Follow the Path!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>CARadke<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/big><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Join us on <a title=\"Order your copy of A Labyrinth Pilgrimage today!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/3366946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Labyrinth Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pilgrimage is a journey with a reason.  The reason for this journey is honoring Christ. <a href=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=10\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts-about-the-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1136,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}