{"id":426,"date":"2019-04-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=426"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:09:07","slug":"a-family-of-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"A Family of Pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/m4a\/Journey%20Notes%2027%20A%20Family%20of%20Pilgrims%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>The Bible is more than a collection of disjointed, unrelated\u00a0stories.\u00a0 It is a history of God&#8217;s relationship with people\u00a0and their relationships with one another.\u00a0 Everything we need to know to live at peace with God and man can be found in its pages.\u00a0 Sometimes we listen.\u00a0 Too often we don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>King David followed his passions into an adulterous affair with another man&#8217;s wife.\u00a0 When he couldn&#8217;t cover up his sins David resorted to murder.\u00a0 When he was forced to look at his own actions he was outraged.\u00a0 Whatever he learned, though, David failed to pass the lessons on to his children.\u00a0 One of his sons followed his passion to rape his own sister, and another son exacted revenge by killing him.\u00a0 Outrageous acts of lust and murder played out once again in the palace.<\/p>\n<p>Often times we still fail to pass the lessons that we learn on to our families.\u00a0 Teaching lessons of righteousness and faith doesn&#8217;t just happen.\u00a0 It requires conscious effort.\u00a0 Henry H. Tweedy was a professor of Practical Theology at Yale Divinity School.\u00a0 He co-authored a book titled <em>Training the Devotional Life<\/em>, in which he included an emphasis on teaching through hymns.\u00a0 One of his hymns, <em>O Spirit of the Living God<\/em>, calls out for God&#8217;s teaching and our learning.\u00a0 It reflects a conscious hunger to know and a real commitment to learn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Teach us to utter living words<br \/>\nof truth which all may hear,<br \/>\nthe language all may understand<br \/>\nwhen love speaks loud and clear;<br \/>\ntill every age and race and clime<br \/>\nshall blend their creeds in one,<br \/>\nand earth shall form one family<br \/>\nby whom thy will is done.<\/p>\n<p>On your path today, know the love of God.\u00a0 Then share the love of God.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Spirit of the Living God\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nXDstwQR2rE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Follow the Path!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><em><strong>CARadke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Use with <em>A Family Divided<\/em>, day 27 of <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>The Bible is more than a collection of disjointed, unrelated\u00a0stories.\u00a0 It is a history of God&#8217;s relationship with people\u00a0and their relationships with one another.\u00a0 Everything we need to know to live at peace with God and man can be found &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=426\">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-426","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\/426","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=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1107,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}