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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Land Gone But, Not Forgotten<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There is a land that existed long ago.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A place where everyone would love to go.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It was like a beautiful garden.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Pure air, pure water, lovely to see.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Fruits and vegetables growing free.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The perfect temperature year around.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There was never a threatening sound.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n All the animals were tame and kind.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They had your best interest in mind.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In this place, love was in the air.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There was evidence everywhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You could call it heaven on earth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n That is how much it was worth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you were outside, you couldn\u2019t get in.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Those on the inside were safe within.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n But, every paradise has its flaw.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Even this paradise had its law.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t eat of the fruit of a certain tree.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Those living there were aware of it, see.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n But, as fate goes, there came a day.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They ate of it. What else can I say.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They were forced to leave the garden.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Eventually, they would get a pardon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The garden was removed from earth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n No taint of sin would touch it from the curse.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Eventually, it will be restored again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You and I can go there within.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It is a promise God has made to us.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n So, just repent and end the fuss.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n ————————————-R. W. Johnson—–(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Land Gone But, Not Forgotten There is a land that existed long ago. A place where everyone would love to go. It was like a beautiful garden. Pure air, pure water, lovely to see. Fruits and vegetables growing free. The perfect temperature year around. There was never a threatening sound. All the … Continue reading A Land Gone But, Not Forgotten<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-life-lessons","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1423,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/1423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}