{"id":481,"date":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","slug":"hands-clasped-of-those-beside-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/hands-clasped-of-those-beside-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Clasped Of Those Beside Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Real<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the hate and fear we see
\nDaily, in our lives and on TV:
\nSomewhere the message of God is lived out
\nFar far from you and me…<\/p>\n

All is not lost, though dark times they are
\nAll we need is faith,
\nPatience to hold on for a brighter day
\nFor Yahweh, God, Allah, whatever we call him, is great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the hate and fear we see Daily, in our lives and on TV: Somewhere the message of God is lived out Far far from you and me… All is not lost, though dark times they are All we need is faith, Patience to hold on for a brighter day …<\/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":[702,30,64,102],"tags":[704,703,706,708,2350,705,707],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arab-spring","category-holy-land","category-inspirational-poetry","category-islam","tag-arab-spring-2","tag-cairo","tag-conflict-in-egypt","tag-egype","tag-islam","tag-islam-christian-relations","tag-tahir-square","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-7L","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1022,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-maud-gonne-of-the-kurds\/","url_meta":{"origin":481,"position":0},"title":"A Maud Gonne of the Kurds","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st November 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bmfUBJn7F8g As Kurds fight to free Korbani I post this old poem of mine in tribute to the Peshmerga and their women fighters! 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