{"id":435,"date":"2024-04-17T23:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T03:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=435"},"modified":"2025-05-21T22:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:16:51","slug":"435","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Taking Rest in My Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>TAKING REST IN MY LORD                                                                                                                                                                          <br><strong><em><strong><em>(in lmemory of my friend, Kenny)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><br>Day after day, paths I took seemed to take me many different directions.<br>Oft times I walked the woods, breathing in the radiance of God&#8217;s creation.<br>One day much fuller the beauty seemed to be, I found self-asking &#8220;Why&#8221;?<br>Having asked I soon found the answer to be right in front of my very eyes.<br><br>So many times, I fought to go my own way, do my own thing in this world.<br>Not wanting to bend my will to the will of God, my mind so oft in a whirl.<br>The Holy Spirit wooing gently none the less &#8220;Come drink of the cool water&#8221;.<br>My soul no longer thirst for things of this world, now God is my Father.<br><br>And I decided to share God\u2019s love I found by giving literature to others.<br>For the good news must go to every father, mother, sister, and brother.<br>Giving them away cost free, praying hands receiving them would only read.<br>Their eyes might see, and their ears hear what God wants for you and me.<br><br>Jesus came to live in my heart, showed me the way, the truth and the life!<br>I know there is coming a day soon when there never more shall be night.<br>Evidence all around and about I saw, the sun, moon and stars do declare.<br>The glory of God, the love of God, for with this world his Son he shared.<br><br>Many a wayward child has come to the Father to ask for his forgiveness.<br>Come to the Father, your request will be granted to this I am his witness.<br>I am freed at last, from all chains and shackles once holding me sway.<br>This can be your testimony should you take Jesus as your Saviour today.<br><br>AUTHOR, BY GOD\u2019S GRACE,                                                                                                                                                                    SHARON ROSE LAWLESS JANUARY 02, 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAKING REST IN MY LORD (in lmemory of my friend, Kenny)Day after day, paths I took seemed to take me many different directions.Oft times I walked the woods, breathing in the radiance of God&#8217;s creation.One day much fuller the beauty seemed to be, I found self-asking &#8220;Why&#8221;?Having asked I soon found the answer to be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=435\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Taking Rest in My Lord&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}