{"id":16958,"date":"2024-01-20T01:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T01:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gryoungscholarsmagazine.org\/?p=249"},"modified":"2024-01-20T01:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T01:49:44","slug":"a-ray-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/?p=16958","title":{"rendered":"A Ray of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Ray of Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lord, You are my ray of hope,<\/p>\n<p>As I stumble upon the hurdles in life,<\/p>\n<p>You are The One, who shows me the right road.<\/p>\n<p>When I know not, how to ask for help,<\/p>\n<p>You come forth in grace and show,<\/p>\n<p>Everything I need, I have in my soul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lord, You are my ray of hope.<\/p>\n<p>So let this be a prayer, an apology,<\/p>\n<p>For all the times that I have forgotten to<\/p>\n<p>Bow my head, clasp my hands in thanks,<\/p>\n<p>For taking your gifts, so many, for granted,<\/p>\n<p>For choosing wrong, knowing<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t approve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lord, You are my ray of hope.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what happens, you\u2019ll always remain<\/p>\n<p>The One I depend on, The One I trust,<\/p>\n<p>The One who I turn to, when left all alone.<\/p>\n<p>I seek patience, confidence, love, will and courage,<\/p>\n<p>But more than anything, Lord,<\/p>\n<p>I humbly beseech You:<\/p>\n<p>Never be so far away that,<\/p>\n<p>You cannot send me your rays of hope.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zama Ferin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ray of Hope &nbsp; Lord, You are my ray of hope, As I stumble upon the hurdles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilityculturecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}