{"id":576,"date":"2019-04-12T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=576"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:08:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:08:43","slug":"path-of-enduring-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Path of Enduring Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/m4a\/Journey%20Notes%2038%20Path%20of%20Enduring%20Grace%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>Some people say that the only thing that is constant is change.\u00a0 It is not a new idea.\u00a0 It can be traced back at least as far as ancient Greece.\u00a0 Perhaps it is ironic that the assertion of change remains constant.\u00a0 Ironic or not, the validity of the assertion depends on your perspective.\u00a0 For example, the earth is orbiting in a solar system that is rotating in a galaxy that is moving through space.\u00a0 The movement is constant, but the motions themselves represent change.<\/p>\n<p>Some things don&#8217;t change at all.\u00a0 It is not a matter of perception.\u00a0 They are absolutely constant.\u00a0 The psalmist knew this very well.\u00a0 God is eternal.\u00a0 His mercy is everlasting.\u00a0 His truth endures forever.\u00a0 The 100th Psalm celebrates these truths.\u00a0 It is a succinct and inspiring call to praise and worship because of God&#8217;s constant, eternal nature.\u00a0 Its words have captured the hearts and minds of people across the millenia since they were first recorded, breaking through every barrier of language and culture.<\/p>\n<p>The hymn\u00a0<em>All People That on Earth Do Dwell<\/em> is an English setting of Psalm 100 by William Kethe.\u00a0 Of the 25 psalms that Kethe prepared for the 1561 Anglo-Genevan Psalter, this remains the one which is most widely used.\u00a0 It was paraphrased from a French setting of the Psalm, which had itself been prepared from Latin texts which were passed on after the psalm had been translated into Greek from Hebrew.\u00a0 Consider God&#8217;s eternal nature in the closing stanza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For why! the Lord our God is good;<br \/>\nhis mercy is forever sure;<br \/>\nhis truth at all times firmly stood,<br \/>\nand shall from age to age endure.<\/p>\n<p>Our pilgrim journey leads to the foot of the cross, a symbol of Christ&#8217;s great sacrifice.\u00a0 As you continue your journey today, remember God&#8217;s unfailing love for you.\u00a0 Know that you are walking on a path of enduring grace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All People That on Earth Do Dwell (United Methodist Hymnal #75)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vMulFnDcxYY?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>Growing in Grace<\/em>, day 38 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>Some people say that the only thing that is constant is change.\u00a0 It is not a new idea.\u00a0 It can be traced back at least as far as ancient Greece.\u00a0 Perhaps it is ironic that the assertion of change remains &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=576\">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-576","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\/576","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=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}