{"id":61,"date":"2007-12-02T22:48:21","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/?p=61"},"modified":"2007-12-02T22:48:21","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T03:48:21","slug":"amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/2007\/12\/02\/amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple quotes from the early part of this amazing film:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You found God, sir?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think He found me.  Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a sad fate to be well known to everybody else and still unknown to himself.&#8221;  Sir Francis Bacon<\/p>\n<p>gene suggests a visit to Ansir.com to remedy this most unfortunate circumstance.  And a viewing of this most extraordinary movie for a shining example of what one person with great personal commitment may accomplish.  It is an inspiration I needed this weekend.  I had no idea why jenna brought me to this particular movie at this particular time, but she is never wrong, and if I have understood her message correctly, there will be more to say on this topic in relatively short order.<\/p>\n<p>Slavery is an odious practice which still befouls the air and blights this beautiful blue planet of life.  And it is time, past time, that it stop.  Permanently and forever.  This movie moves us along that path.  It has been a reflective weekend and it is fitting that it end with this marvelous testament to the power of truth and love when mixed together with passion and commitment.  much love, :^) gene<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazinggracemovie.com\/the_film.php\" target=\"blank\">Amazing Grace &#8211; The Movie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amazing  Grace, how sweet the sound,<br \/>\nThat saved a wretch like me&#8230;.<br \/>\nI once was  lost but now am found,<br \/>\nWas blind, but now, I see.<\/p>\n<p>T&#8217;was Grace that taught&#8230;<br \/>\nmy heart to fear.<br \/>\nAnd Grace, my fears relieved.<br \/>\nHow precious did that Grace appear&#8230;<br \/>\nthe hour I first believed.<\/p>\n<p>Through many dangers, toils and snares&#8230;<br \/>\nwe have already come.<br \/>\nT&#8217;was  Grace that brought us safe thus far&#8230;<br \/>\nand Grace will lead us home.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord has promised good to me&#8230;<br \/>\nHis word my hope  secures.<br \/>\nHe will my shield and portion be&#8230;<br \/>\nas long as life endures.<\/p>\n<p>When we&#8217;ve been here ten thousand years&#8230;<br \/>\nbright shining as the sun.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve no less days to sing God&#8217;s praise&#8230;<br \/>\nthen when we&#8217;ve first begun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,<br \/>\nThat saved  a wretch like me&#8230;.<br \/>\nI once was lost but now am found,<br \/>\nWas blind, but  now, I see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: navy; font-weight: normal\"><em> If today brings even one choice your way<br \/>\nchoose to be a bringer of the light :^) gene<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple quotes from the early part of this amazing film: &#8220;You found God, sir?&#8221; &#8220;I think He found me. Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is?&#8221; &#8220;It is a sad fate to be well known to everybody else and still unknown to himself.&#8221; Sir Francis Bacon gene suggests a visit to Ansir.com [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onepeople-oneworld.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}