{"id":317,"date":"2011-06-01T23:56:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T23:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2014-11-20T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T13:31:13","slug":"i-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/i-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"I Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"540\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0KMXQFzsug\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/I-Believe.png\" alt=\"I Believe\" width=\"543\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe in the sun even if it isn&#8217;t shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Anon<\/p>\n<p>I believe in the sun when it is not shining<br \/>\nBehind the clouds, I know that it is there<br \/>\nAnd I know that&#8217;s its heat shall banish the cold winds<br \/>\nWhen the clouds have dissipated it shall shine where<br \/>\nThose neath it believe in it though they have not seen it<br \/>\nAnd they shall bask in its glow and its heat<br \/>\nAnd I shall be among them, though today it is raining<br \/>\nAnd I see the sun in every smile that I meet<\/p>\n<p>I believe I do in love, when I am alone<br \/>\nAnd I hear no laugh, see no smiling face<br \/>\nWhen none are around me, and loneliness holds me<br \/>\nAnd I long for the non existent affectionate embrace<br \/>\nAnd embrace to hold me and tell me tomorrow<br \/>\nBeyond the tears and the fears is a way<br \/>\nAnd the love non existent in the here and the present<br \/>\nShall be mine on the morrow and the break of the new day.<\/p>\n<p>I believe in God&#8230; even when he is silent<br \/>\nAnd all is wrong with the world and my life<br \/>\nAnd trouble and grief steals my peace like a thief<br \/>\nAnd all that I know is but bother and strife.<br \/>\nMy God he is listening, is watching, is guiding<br \/>\nAnd my God gives me the strength in my heart for to cope<br \/>\nFor Gods greatest aid is the ability to be afraid,<br \/>\nAnd yet to keep going&#8230; and always have HOPE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I believe in the sun even if it isn&#8217;t shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.&#8221; &#8211; Anon I believe in the sun when it is not shining Behind the clouds, I know that it is there And &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[523,522,6],"tags":[524,525,527,528,526],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope-and-faith","category-poems-of-faith","category-video-poetry","tag-faith","tag-hope","tag-prayer","tag-prayer-poem","tag-video-poem","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-57","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4660,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/because-the-sun-still-shines\/","url_meta":{"origin":317,"position":0},"title":"Because The Sun Still Shines","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"24th April 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The sun shining tells us there are better times after the storm, worth remembering in these #COVID19 times","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Affairs in Ireland&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Current Affairs in Ireland","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/current-affairs-in-ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Renmore looking out on Lough Atalia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Renmore-looking-out-on-Lough-Atalia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Renmore-looking-out-on-Lough-Atalia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Renmore-looking-out-on-Lough-Atalia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Renmore-looking-out-on-Lough-Atalia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Renmore-looking-out-on-Lough-Atalia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3083,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/salmon-fisherman-in-river-corrib\/","url_meta":{"origin":317,"position":1},"title":"Salmon Fisherman in River Corrib","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On taking a picture of salmon fishers at the Salmon Wier in the Corrib a few days ago, I thought of Yeats poem \"The Fisherman\"... and thought to write one for the fisherman of the modern age. 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