{"id":3335,"date":"2025-08-07T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:35:17","slug":"a-song-for-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3335","title":{"rendered":"A song for August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The dew this evening fell <br> To refresh the ground again.<br>We thought it would be well <br> And remembered then the pain.<br>The pain of leaving home, <br> Of walking in a strange place,<br>But freedom then to roam <br> Gave to pain a new brand face. <br><br>Each day we walk uncertainly, <br> Not knowing of the end,<br>But the God of grace and mercy<br> Knows well how to defend. <br>He saw the world before it was<br> And knew how it would be.<br>And yet he made it all because<br> Of love for you and me. <br><br>The pain that we all feel <br> For the wrongs that we have done<br>Though grievous to his soul <br> Yet for it he would atone. <br>There on the Roman cross <br> His blood for the world was shed.<br>It was for him no loss &#8211; <br> Let us now by him be led!<br><br>Another year has passed away, <br> Another now employ.<br>May you know joy and peace alway<br> In him without alloy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/dmp\/kookaburra.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.australiangiftsco.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australian Gifts Co<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dew this evening fell To refresh the ground again.We thought it would be well And remembered then the pain.The pain of leaving home, Of walking in a strange place,But freedom then to roam Gave to pain a new brand face. Each day we walk uncertainly, Not knowing of the end,But the God of grace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3341,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions\/3341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}