{"id":34057,"date":"2022-04-01T15:43:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/?p=34057"},"modified":"2022-04-01T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:43:56","slug":"staying-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2022\/04\/poetry-in-motion\/staying-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying Faithful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you ever feel like nothing is going right?  Like anything that could possibly go wrong, will go wrong, and you can\u2019t seem to catch a break?  Fuel prices are up \u2013 along with the price of everything else.  People are finding reasons to debate and divide with each other rather than seeking common ground.  Not to mention, I got a new rock ding in my windshield!  Those are just some examples of things we could fret about.  OR… we could try spending a little more time seeking God\u2019s will for our daily lives.  He created us, so it makes sense that His will for us is what\u2019s best.  Then, there are those times when everything seems to be going perfectly.  The skies are blue, the rent is paid, and the truck is running smoothly.  How easily do we drift from God\u2019s will when we are coasting along without a care in the world?  In hard times, we should earnestly seek His will for us.  And, likewise, in times of peace and prosperity, we should just as earnestly be seeking His will, or we may find ourselves slipping into our own lane and drifting from where we should be.  Fortunately, God is always pursuing a relationship with us.  That means, no matter how many steps we may take away from Him, it only takes one step of faith in the other direction, and God is right there to reconnect with us.  If you have big plans for your life, I encourage you to seek God\u2019s will in those plans.  Our plans may not always succeed but rest assured… God\u2019s will!<\/p>

GOD\u2019S WILL
By Trevor Hardwick<\/strong><\/p>

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The rain just keeps on pouring down,
The price of fuel is up.
It\u2019s getting harder just to pour,
More coffee in my cup.<\/p>

A tire is flat, the load is late,
And traffic\u2019s standing still.
Sometimes I wonder if I\u2019m even,
Following God\u2019s will.<\/p>

God\u2019s will is that I wouldn\u2019t,
Live my life in shame.
His will is that I wouldn\u2019t quit,
If I\u2019m losing at my game.<\/p>

I wonder if He hears my pleas,
He tells me to be still.
And that is when I\u2019ll find myself,
Returning to God\u2019s will.<\/p>

The sun is shining through the rain,
The roads are dry and clear.
Things that weighed me down before,
Are distant in my mirror.<\/p>

When everything is going well,
And I have had my fill.
I wonder if I\u2019m sailing smooth,
But drifting from God\u2019s will.<\/p>

God\u2019s will ain\u2019t always easy,
So, when things are going good.
I wonder if I\u2019m in God\u2019s will,
And doing as I should.<\/p>

I know He has a plan for me,
He helps me crest each hill.
But shouldn\u2019t there be challenges,
When walking in God\u2019s will?<\/p>

He offers me a strong sound mind,
He washes my sins clean.
He makes me rest in fields of green,
By peaceful quiet streams.<\/p>

When things are good or things are bad,
His promises fulfill.
My plans may not warrant much,
But I can trust… God\u2019s will!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you ever feel like nothing is going right?  Like anything that could possibly go wrong, will go wrong, and you can\u2019t seem to catch a break?  Fuel prices are up \u2013 along with the price of everything else.  People are finding reasons to debate and divide with each other rather than seeking common ground. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poetry-in-motion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34126,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34057\/revisions\/34126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}