{"id":149,"date":"2014-12-07T21:47:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T05:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2014-12-07T21:47:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T05:47:53","slug":"time-traveler-finds-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Time Traveler Finds God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Time Traveler Finds God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was moving through time with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Going back in time was such a breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward in time was more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>You couldn\u2019t tell if you would cause a \u2018tilt\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I learned this trick from a shaman.<\/p>\n<p>He said to concentrate &amp; say when.<\/p>\n<p>Think of the date time and place.<\/p>\n<p>Be ready to move with all haste.<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT appear within a wall.<\/p>\n<p>Or any other structure at all.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure it\u2019s clear where you will appear.<\/p>\n<p>Then you can travel without any fear.<\/p>\n<p>My first trip back was short and sweet.<\/p>\n<p>I tripped the bully across the street.<\/p>\n<p>I knew he never saw me coming.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, I took off running.<\/p>\n<p>My shaman told me this was not wise.<\/p>\n<p>What would happen if he had died?<\/p>\n<p>I went over the do\u2019s &amp; don\u2019ts &amp; the reasons why<\/p>\n<p>before I gave it one more try.<\/p>\n<p>Soon I was revisiting the good &amp; avoiding the bad.<\/p>\n<p>But, knowing the ending, was kind of sad.<\/p>\n<p>It was like seeing a movie over and over.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, not being able to change things seemed so queer.<\/p>\n<p>Then I said the future is the place for me.<\/p>\n<p>I zipped forward to see what I could see.<\/p>\n<p>First thing I noticed there was no sign of me.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I died before then. Could that be?<\/p>\n<p>I got scared and returned real fast.<\/p>\n<p>I had finally seen the light at last.<\/p>\n<p>I prayed to God to forgive my sins.<\/p>\n<p>I swore I would never do it again.<\/p>\n<p>That was the end of my time traveling days.<\/p>\n<p>Now my time is filled with praise.<\/p>\n<p>If God had wanted me to time travel,<\/p>\n<p>It would say so in the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is enough work here and now.<\/p>\n<p>Spread the \u2018word\u2019 to others somehow.<\/p>\n<p>You know time is running out.<\/p>\n<p>Being there is what it\u2019s all about.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2013)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Time Traveler Finds God I was moving through time with ease. Going back in time was such a breeze. Going forward in time was more difficult. You couldn\u2019t tell if you would cause a \u2018tilt\u2019. I learned this trick from a shaman. He said to concentrate &amp; say when. Think of the date &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=149\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Time Traveler Finds God<\/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":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","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=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}