{"id":868,"date":"2008-12-31T14:45:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T22:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katylee.com\/blog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2008-12-31T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T22:52:50","slug":"at-the-gate-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/31\/at-the-gate-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Gate of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this poem published 100 years ago, yet so relevant for me today. It’s an appropriate reflection as we begin a new year.
\n
\nAt the Gate of the Year
\n<\/strong>
\nI said t<\/span>o t<\/span>he man who st<\/span>ood at<\/span> t<\/span>he gat<\/span>e of t<\/span>he year
\n‘Give me a light<\/span> t<\/span>hat<\/span> I may t<\/span>read safely int<\/span>o t<\/span>he unknown.’<\/p>\n

And he replied,
\n‘Go int<\/span>o t<\/span>he darkness and put<\/span> your hand int<\/span>o t<\/span>he hand of God
\nT<\/span>hat<\/span> shall be t<\/span>o you bet<\/span>t<\/span>er t<\/span>han light<\/span> and safer t<\/span>han a known way!’<\/p>\n

So I went<\/span> fort<\/span>h and finding t<\/span>he Hand of God
\nT<\/span>rod gladly int<\/span>o t<\/span>he night<\/span>
\nHe led me t<\/span>owards t<\/span>he hills
\nAnd t<\/span>he breaking of day in t<\/span>he lone east<\/span>.<\/p>\n

So heart<\/span> be st<\/span>ill!
\nWhat<\/span> need our human life t<\/span>o know
\nIf God hat<\/span>h comprehension?<\/p>\n

In all t<\/span>he dizzy st<\/span>rife of t<\/span>hings
\nBot<\/span>h high and low,
\nGod hidet<\/span>h his int<\/span>ent<\/span>ion.”<\/p>\n

by Minnie Louise Harkins 1875-1957, included in King George V1 broadcast<\/span> 1939<\/p>\n

\n

Taken from PoetSeers.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across this poem published 100 years ago, yet so relevant for me today. It’s an appropriate reflection as we begin a new year. At the Gate of the Year I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-life","category-thoughts-on-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katylee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}