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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Church<\/strong><\/p>\n People wait to greet you at the door.<\/p>\n One taste of God and; enlightened,<\/p>\n nothing but God will do anymore.<\/p>\n Someone must watch for the frightened.<\/p>\n They will sneak out shortly after coming in.<\/p>\n It is up to the enlightened<\/p>\n to convince them to stay within.<\/p>\n Sometimes, others will go out<\/p>\n who have been there a good while.<\/p>\n They let their light go out.<\/p>\n They leave without a parting smile.<\/p>\n Many that stay are all aglow.<\/p>\n They are very excited<\/p>\n to tell others & help them grow.<\/p>\n To be disciples, they have decided.<\/p>\n There are bigots, Pharisees, & preachers.<\/p>\n Devout Christians & humble, gentle people.<\/p>\n There are loving Bible teachers.<\/p>\n There are other, less friendly, people.<\/p>\n But, something is there<\/p>\n that draws people in.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that people care<\/p>\n or a hospital for people who sin.<\/p>\n It is the house of God.<\/p>\n His spirit abides there<\/p>\n in each believer. No matter how odd.<\/p>\n In the end, God really does care.————–R. W. Johnson—–(2002)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Church People wait to greet you at the door. One taste of God and; enlightened, nothing but God will do anymore. Someone must watch for the frightened. They will sneak out shortly after coming in. It is up to the enlightened to convince them to stay within. Sometimes, others will go out … Continue reading The Church<\/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":[27,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","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=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}