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Was Good<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 16, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Now You Hide Life From Me<\/h3>\n\n\n
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the light is nearly gone, just a sliver of it left,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and then …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 30:7-8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By your favour, O Lord, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed. To you, O Lord, I cried, and to the Lord I made supplication.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 16:22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace for Today –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, it used to be so good, blessed people said, though they plotted and schemed to bring me down, down, down,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

without cause, just jealousy and fear at being seen for what they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it was<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is no more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joy is gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the hope has died<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for even God has deserted us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and all that is left are promises, promises, promises<\/p>\n\n\n\n

as old as the ages and newer than fresh snow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that have been broken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

through the ages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so often and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so often<\/p>\n\n\n\n

again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where is the joy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Was Good Sunday, March 16, 2025 But Now You Hide Life From Me the light is nearly gone, just a sliver of it left, and then … Psalm 30:7-8 By your favour, O Lord, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed. To you, O Lord, I cried, … Continue reading “It Once”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sky","category-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12246,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12240\/revisions\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}