{"id":3717,"date":"2020-10-09T07:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2020-10-09T07:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T12:10:19","slug":"from-renoir-to-playboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/?p=3717","title":{"rendered":"From Renoir to Playboy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like the curves of a naked body <br>From Renoir to Playboy <br>The lines of life intrigue us <br>And catch us off our guard. <br>The beauty and the power <br>Of strokes from brush and ink <br>Drive us to lift our minds above <br>And give the Lord a think, <br>Who made those pretty creatures <br>From whom the race proceeds. <br>And yet we find ourselves unready <br>To meet the One who made us. <br>We are downright unsteady <br>To listen to His Word, <br>The guidance and correction <br>Exhortation and direction. <br>Oh, that we would find the time <br>To sit with Him a while and dine <br>Upon His word and fellowship. <br>A rough ride, but a glorious trip <br>To be with Him in that place above <br>Where all is right &#8211; eternal love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 Oct., 2020 (reading Dt. 6:24)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the curves of a naked body From Renoir to Playboy The lines of life intrigue us And catch us off our guard. The beauty and the power Of strokes from brush and ink Drive us to lift our minds above And give the Lord a think, Who made those pretty creatures From whom the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,18,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3718,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions\/3718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}