{"id":395,"date":"2019-03-29T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=395"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:09:07","slug":"the-every-day-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"The Every Day Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/m4a\/Journey%20Notes%2024%20The%20Every%20Day%20Path%20Accomp.m4a\"     controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:,audioHeight:\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<p>&#8220;Once in a lifetime opportunities&#8221; can be wonderful, but they have a problem.\u00a0 If they live up to their name, they come only once in a lifetime.\u00a0 As soon as they are over, they are gone forever.\u00a0 Only memories remain.<\/p>\n<p>A life is more than memories, though.\u00a0 Every day we live every-day lives.\u00a0 We do every-day things.\u00a0 Those every-day things may not seem as memorable, but they can tell more about us than a once-in-a-lifetime event.\u00a0 A single kind act is not the same as a lifestyle of kindness.\u00a0 A single gift is not the same as a lifestyle of giving.\u00a0 Fame can be achieved in a single event.\u00a0 Faithfulness is established only through a course of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was a faithful servant of God.\u00a0 From his youth he lived a life of service to God and His people.\u00a0 He could not be distracted by hardships in the wilderness or giants in the land of Canaan.\u00a0 He never hesitated in following God&#8217;s instructions to march around Jericho.\u00a0 When he challenged the Israelites to choose God he said, &#8220;As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0He didn&#8217;t have to say it.\u00a0 His choices in every-day life already testified more than words ever could.<\/p>\n<p><em>See the Morning Sun Ascending<\/em> was written by Charles Parkin.\u00a0 Parkin is not well known.\u00a0 He might be considered an every-day hymn writer.\u00a0 He wrote about an every-day event, the sun rise.\u00a0 He used every-day themes and every-day language.\u00a0 The result, though, is more than an every-day hymn.\u00a0 It is a hymn to sing every day.\u00a0 Enjoy the lines of the opening stanza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">See the morning sun ascending,<br \/>\nradiant in the eastern sky;<br \/>\nhear the angel voices blending<br \/>\nin their praise to God on high!<br \/>\nAlleluia! 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