{"id":846,"date":"2024-07-23T02:16:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T06:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=846"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:57:02","slug":"846","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"Viewing The Mountain from Above"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>VIEWING THE MOUNTAIN FROM ABOVE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Struggles are real in this life here we know,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Climbing mountains to the top from below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The challenge lies at our heart\u2019s door within<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will you take the path of life, or path of sin?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The decision is ours, and it is ours, it is alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The easy pathway, or that filled with stones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ah, you say, the smooth path seems so right.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So perfect that one has not the need to fight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To reach to the top of the mountain on high<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So perfect one traveling it would seem to fly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So much one need not as to put up a fight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But please don\u2019t\u2019 be deceived so my friend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It can lead your life to an untimely fatal end.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Look upon the path filled with jagged edges.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Look do you see upon also the many ledges?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now forward go praying as you journey on<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taking Jesus hand, leaning of the Lord alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author, by God\u2019s grace, Sharon Rose Lawless<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 31, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIEWING THE MOUNTAIN FROM ABOVE Struggles are real in this life here we know, Climbing mountains to the top from below The challenge lies at our heart\u2019s door within Will you take the path of life, or path of sin? The decision is ours, and it is ours, it is alone. The easy pathway, or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=846\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Viewing The Mountain from Above&#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-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","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=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}