{"id":2642,"date":"2010-01-02T01:05:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T22:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2010-01-02T01:05:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T22:05:12","slug":"happy-new-year-010110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/story\/happy-new-year-010110\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY NEW YEAR- 01\/01\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear Lord, as I close the door on this old year,<br \/>\nI ponder on the things I&#8217;ve done&#8230;<br \/>\non the things I&#8217;ve said and the joys I&#8217;ve had&#8230;<br \/>\nthen I wonder, have I lost or won?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve thought of the new friends I have made,<br \/>\nand of the old ones staunch and true&#8230;<br \/>\nthe path of the old year was made easier Lord,<br \/>\nbecause I have walked it with You.<\/p>\n<p>I think of all the many times,<br \/>\nwhen my burdens were so heavy to bear,<br \/>\nand how my faith slipped away from me&#8230;<br \/>\nbut somehow You were always standing there.<\/p>\n<p>Now as I open the door to this New Year,<br \/>\nand carefully peep inside,<br \/>\nI wonder what it holds for me&#8230;<br \/>\nbut I&#8217;ll throw the door open wide<\/p>\n<p>And whatever it brings to me and mine,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll meet it with a heart so true&#8230;<br \/>\nI know that, Lord whate&#8217;er it may be<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll be there to carry me through.<\/p>\n<p>A New Year&#8217;s Prayer<br \/>\nAnother year is dawning<br \/>\nWith the chance to start anew.<br \/>\nMay I be kinder, wiser, Lord,<br \/>\nIn all I say and do.<\/p>\n<p>Not so caught up in selfish gain<br \/>\nThat I would fail to see<br \/>\nThe things in life that mean the most<br \/>\nCost not a fancy fee.<\/p>\n<p>The warm, kind word that I can give,<br \/>\nThe outstretched hand to help,<br \/>\nThe prayers I pray for those in need&#8211;<br \/>\nMore precious these than wealth.<\/p>\n<p>I know not what may lie ahead<br \/>\nOf laughter or of tears;<br \/>\nI only need to know each day<br \/>\nThat You are walking near.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful for this brand new year<br \/>\nAs now I humbly pray,<br \/>\nMy hand secure in Yours, dear Lord,<br \/>\nEach step along the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Lord, as I close the door on this old year, I ponder on the things I&#8217;ve done&#8230; on the things I&#8217;ve said and the joys I&#8217;ve had&#8230; then I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[90],"tags":[15,580,106,177,135,190,588,350,328,54,91],"class_list":["post-2642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story","tag-christianism","tag-christianity","tag-god","tag-gods-love","tag-gods-will","tag-holy-cross","tag-jesus","tag-sacred-cross","tag-sacred-heart","tag-saint-mary","tag-story-of-the-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebanesesaints.com\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}