{"id":79991,"date":"2020-09-15T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=79991"},"modified":"2020-09-15T17:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:16:29","slug":"the-archipelago-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-archipelago-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Archipelago Of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"79991","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":36669,"related_cahpter":"569","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<p>&#8220;\u2026. Happy are all those who take refuge in Him [in God].&#8221; (Psalm 2:12)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px;\">\nI.<\/p>\n<p>The plastic map they sold me didn&#8217;t show<br \/>\nThe archipelago of faith; the globe<br \/>\nI purchased lacked the sea explored by Job,<br \/>\nIsaiah&#8217;s straits and Abraham&#8217;s plateau<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That overlooks the archipelago<br \/>\nCartographers do not survey nor probe,<br \/>\nThose islands where a princess keeps her robe,<br \/>\nHer scepter and her father&#8217;s cameo.<\/p>\n<p>For in my dreams I gaze at blue lagoons<br \/>\nWith tranquil waves and palm trees as they tilt<br \/>\nAlong the shore; I hear rare parrots and<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I feel a breeze that overcomes typhoons,<br \/>\nThen touch the palaces a princess built<br \/>\nFor You, my God, from water and from sand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px;\">II.<\/p>\n<p>Where can I find a vessel sailing to <br \/>\nAn island in the archipelago <br \/>\nOf faith? No matter if the ship is slow;<br \/>\nNo matter if its passengers are few;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No matter if the boat is old, or due<br \/>\nTo undergo repairs. What matters, though,<br \/>\nIs very simple: does the captain know<br \/>\nThe route and is the chart he uses true?<\/p>\n<p>O Lord, it&#8217;s unimportant if the sea<br \/>\nIs stormy or serene, nor do I care<br \/>\nHow much the voyage costs, for I will pay<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The captain any price if he&#8217;ll agree<br \/>\nTo bring me to the princess swimming there <br \/>\nInside an inlet of an islet&#8217;s bay.<\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","main_caption":"The Archipelago Of Faith","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"O Lord, it's unimportant if the sea \/ Is stormy or serene","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79992,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79991\/revisions\/79992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}