{"id":398,"date":"2007-12-05T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2007\/12\/settled.html"},"modified":"2007-12-05T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-05T22:54:00","slug":"settled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2007\/12\/settled.html","title":{"rendered":"SETTLED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Clodhoppers and sodbusters<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Creeping across the plains,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finding their own domain,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Wanderlust finally waned,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Thrill seekers and risk takers<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pushing the envelope<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Racing up the slope<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Until they couldn&#8217;t cope<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mate seekers and date seekers<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Combing the internet<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Deciding to hedge their bets<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tired of not finding yet<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Politicos and Pac Men<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Always testing the wind<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Always prepared to bend<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Whatever it takes to win<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lawyers and Litigants<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Suing to get their way<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Heedless of what they pay<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Until the judgment day<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sports stars and movie stars<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Shining in media\u2019s light<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Getting their image right<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Stylin\u2019 both day and night<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Teachers and preachers<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Thinking they know it all<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ignoring verity\u2019s call<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pushed up against the wall<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pastors and ministers<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Envisioning great success<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Placing themselves under stress<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Never confront or confess<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Settled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2018Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">BW3&#8211;<span>  <\/span>12-4-07<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clodhoppers and sodbusters Creeping across the plains, Finding their own domain, Wanderlust finally waned, Settled. Thrill seekers and risk takers Pushing the envelope Racing up the slope Until they couldn&#8217;t cope Settled. Mate seekers and date seekers Combing the internet Deciding to hedge their bets Tired of not finding yet Settled. Politicos and Pac Men&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SETTLED - The Bible and Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2007\/12\/settled.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SETTLED - The Bible and Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Clodhoppers and sodbusters Creeping across the plains, Finding their own domain, Wanderlust finally waned, Settled. 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