{"id":94,"date":"2019-03-08T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=94"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:09:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:09:31","slug":"a-beautiful-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"A Beautiful Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/m4a\/Journey%20Notes%2003%20A%20Beautiful%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>Creation inspires awe and wonder all around us, from lush forests to majestic mountains, vast oceans to wide deserts.\u00a0 Each plant and creature plays an integral and fascinating role in its environment.\u00a0 The sun warms us, the rain sustains us, the stars and moon challenge us to understand our place in the vast universe. \u00a0Even rocks hold mysteries in their layers and fossils.\u00a0 Beauty and power surround us every hour and every day.\u00a0 Awesome.\u00a0 Wonderful!<\/p>\n<p>Cecil Francis Alexander was deeply moved by creation.\u00a0 The hymn <em>All Things Bright and Beautiful<\/em> proclaims example after example of God&#8217;s glorious world.\u00a0 In the final stanza he celebrates the abilities that God gave us to appreciate His natural wonders, to share them with those around us, and to glorify God for His greatness.<\/p>\n<p>We will see the wonders of creation\u00a0on our pilgrim journey to the foot of the cross.\u00a0 Rejoice for each one and glorify God for them all.\u00a0 Alexander&#8217;s words can help us celebrate.\u00a0 Here is the chorus:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">All things bright and beautiful,<br \/>\nall creatures great and small,<br \/>\nall things wise and wonderful:<br \/>\nthe Lord God made them all.<\/p>\n<p>God bless you on the journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Things Bright and Beautiful (United Methodist Hymnal #147)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uyFyOhJcYiE?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>Follow the Path!<br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">CARadke<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Use with <em>Poetry of Creation<\/em>, day 3 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>Creation inspires awe and wonder all around us, from lush forests to majestic mountains, vast oceans to wide deserts.\u00a0 Each plant and creature plays an integral and fascinating role in its environment.\u00a0 The sun warms us, the rain sustains us, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=94\">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-94","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\/94","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=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}