{"id":80908,"date":"2020-10-04T18:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=80908"},"modified":"2020-10-04T18:03:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T15:03:39","slug":"abraham-after-isaacs-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/abraham-after-isaacs-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham, After Isaac\u2019s Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“O Lord, my portion and my cup, You are the supporter of my fate.” (Psalm 16:5)<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cAnd Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.\u201d (Genesis 21:5)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I had lived a full, rich life, <\/span>
\n<\/span>And You, my God, had been my cup<\/span>
\n<\/span>Of full, rich wine that quenched my thirst<\/span>
\n<\/span>When desert suns refused to set.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, in my hour-glass of time,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Amidst its coarse, rough grains of sand,<\/span>
\n<\/span>It was Your hand that placed inside<\/span>
\n<\/span>Rare rubies, sapphires, jade and pearls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I had thought my cup was drunk,<\/span>
\n<\/span>That little wine was left to sip;<\/span>
\n<\/span>And only air would soon remain<\/span>
\n<\/span>In the upper half of my hour-glass.<\/span><\/p>\n

But then this grace: my son is born.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant me the years to see him grow,<\/span>
\n<\/span>To feel my baby\u2019s fingers grasp|<\/span>
\n<\/span>And pull my thumbs, to watch him touch<\/span>
\n<\/span>My wife\u2019s parched lips, her cheeks, her eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant me the years to see him grow<\/span>
\n<\/span>From a baby to a laughing boy,<\/span>
\n<\/span>To watch him play with pails of sand<\/span>
\n<\/span>And learn to drink white Sabbath wine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant me the years to see my boy<\/span>
\n<\/span>Become a seer of desert stars,<\/span>
\n<\/span>To teach him how to pray to You<\/span>
\n<\/span>And never fear the desert sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant me the years to see the man<\/span>
\n<\/span>Who finds oases in desert dunes,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Who knows to dig for wells of wine,<\/span>
\n<\/span>And in the sand, uncover gems.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a son. Grant me this grace:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Grant me the years.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","main_caption":"Abraham, After Isaac\u2019s Birth","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"You, my God, had been my cup","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\/80908"}],"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=80908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80909,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80908\/revisions\/80909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}