{"id":1083,"date":"2010-06-07T08:34:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T08:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2010\/06\/grains.html"},"modified":"2010-06-07T08:34:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T08:34:47","slug":"grains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2010\/06\/grains.html","title":{"rendered":"Grains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bigger-wheat-crop.png\"<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel,
Like a grain of sand
On a giant beach
By an endless sea.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel,
Like a grain of salt
Seasoning’s savor
On a mundane menu.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel,
Like a grain of sense
In a cold cacophony
Of violent voices.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel,
Like a grain of wheat
That the master planted
To rise again. <\/p>\n

One thing I know.
Despite the many questions
The life most worth living
Goes against the grain. <\/p>\n

May 27th– In Turkey<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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