{"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-57","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1452,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/those-who-perfection-seek-shall-be-smited-for-their-pride\/","url_meta":{"origin":317,"position":0},"title":"Those Who Perfection Seek Shall Be Smited for Their Pride","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th February 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fqUwsFuNumA Those who total perfection seek shall be smited for their Pride For to achieve perfection is to say you are better than all others God made man with qualities of both bad and good inside No one, though he may think himself to be, is any better than another\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Biblical Epics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Biblical Epics","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/moral\/biblical-epics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fqUwsFuNumA\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/farewell-the-sun-we-meet-on-the-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":317,"position":1},"title":"Farewell the Sun, We Meet on the Morning","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Farewell to the sun, we meet in the morning When warmth again it shall the earth Creatures all shall seek solace in or from it, Father of all on that here have known birth. 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