{"id":441,"date":"2019-04-02T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=441"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:08:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:08:44","slug":"a-path-for-the-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"A Path for the Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/m4a\/Journey%20Notes%2028%20A%20Path%20for%20the%20Nations%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>God is present with us in every age.\u00a0 We choose how we respond to Him.\u00a0 Every age experiences political pressures, too.\u00a0 We choose how we respond to them as well.\u00a0 One will always influence the other.\u00a0 Our priorities determine which one will dominate.<\/p>\n<p>Over the centuries governments and nations have come and gone.\u00a0 Political pressures\u00a0are only temporary.\u00a0 In contrast, God will prevail at the end of time.\u00a0 God&#8217;s presence is our future.\u00a0 Knowing this should help us set our priorities.<\/p>\n<p>People and nations find guidance in every age from songs and literature that stand the test of time.\u00a0 At the close of the fourth century Ambrose of Milan wrote the hymn <em>Savior of the Nations, Come<\/em>.\u00a0 The original text was in Latin.\u00a0 In the sixteenth century Martin Luther translated the hymn into German.\u00a0 By the 19th century it had been translated into English and many other languages.\u00a0 Every nation in every age has found comfort in its words.\u00a0 Neither governments nor armies have been able to stop its message.\u00a0 A message of hope.\u00a0 A message of love.\u00a0 A message of salvation.\u00a0 What is its message to you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Savior of the nations, come;<br \/>\nVirgin\u2019s Son, here make Thy home!<br \/>\nMarvel now, O heaven and earth,<br \/>\nThat the Lord chose such a birth.<\/p>\n<p>Christ, the Prince of Peace, has come and shown us the path of hope and peace and joy and love.\u00a0 It is the path for all times.\u00a0 It is the path for all nations.\u00a0 It is the path for us.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Savior of the Nations, Come\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mIiBFAkibs?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 Nation Divided<\/em>, day 28 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>God is present with us in every age.\u00a0 We choose how we respond to Him.\u00a0 Every age experiences political pressures, too.\u00a0 We choose how we respond to them as well.\u00a0 One will always influence the other.\u00a0 Our priorities determine which &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=441\">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-441","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\/441","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=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}