{"id":414,"date":"2006-12-12T01:35:42","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T05:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/?p=414"},"modified":"2006-12-12T01:35:42","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T05:35:42","slug":"the-birth-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2006\/12\/12\/the-birth-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>Our Savior&#8217;s infant cries were heard,<br \/>\nAnd met by human love,<br \/>\nBefore He preached one saving word<br \/>\nOr prayer to God above.<\/p>\n<p>In Joseph&#8217;s arms, at Mary&#8217;s breast,<br \/>\nwhile Herod&#8217;s violence spread,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s love by human love was blessed,<br \/>\nprotected, nurtured, fed.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever calms a child by night,<br \/>\nOr guides a youth by day,<br \/>\nServes Him whose birth by lantern light<br \/>\nWas on a bed of hay.<\/p>\n<p>For Christ, who was a refuge<br \/>\nFrom Herod and his sword,<br \/>\nIs seeking now, thro&#8217; us to be<br \/>\nOur children&#8217;s friend and Lord.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thomas Troeger, Baptist Hymnal [Nashville: Convention Press] 1991, No. 116<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Savior&#8217;s infant cries were heard, And met by human love, Before He preached one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-grace"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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