{"id":1528,"date":"2015-07-30T15:28:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2015-07-30T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:28:09","slug":"faith-till-the-very-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1528","title":{"rendered":"Faith Till The Very End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faith Till The Very End<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There I was, sneaking through the woods.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hiding out the best I could.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>They seem to be everywhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Acting like they don\u2019t have a care.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Yet, few true believers are left.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There is less every day, I\u2019ll bet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>They have done all to snuff us out.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Were to blame, is what it\u2019s about.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We must hide in the mountains and caves.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We are in prayer in every way every day.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Lord provides our water and food.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Just like Elijah, despite his depressed mood.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We are all sealed in our minds.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We are waiting for that special time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When we will see our Lord in the air.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>People will witness it everywhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Just before killed off by his brightness.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We\u2019ll be changed into His likeness.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Then, we will be heading to our real home.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hi love reflected in our faces, shown. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>But, for now, I hide and sneak around.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hoping others, like me, can be found.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We can draw strength from one another.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Come together, my sisters and brothers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Lord will be here soon, then we\u2019ll say:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We have been waiting for this very day.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faith Till The Very End There I was, sneaking through the woods. Hiding out the best I could. They seem to be everywhere. Acting like they don\u2019t have a care. Yet, few true believers are left. There is less every day, I\u2019ll bet. They have done all to snuff us out. Were to blame, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1528\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faith Till The Very End<\/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":[16,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-bird-poetry","category-life-lessons","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528","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=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}