Eulogize those eunuchised
By vows solemnly made,
Not to know of wife and child
And all that family brings.
These noble ones who self deny
To walk in ways devoted
Serving One who made the world
And all of history unfurled.
They gave up life and parenthood
And all the joy it brings
To follow God and honor Him
In ways that sometimes sting.
But they do bring that song
Of praise and submission
To that high goal of honor
Given to Him who is worthy
Of all praise and devotion,
Who denied Himself those pleasures
Known to many of His own.
To His very self, though worthy
Of all liberty and indulgence,
He yet denied and was tried
By all manner of misery and pain
Our very souls to gain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 April, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eulogize those eunuchised By vows solemnly made, Not to know of wife and child And all that family brings. These noble ones who self deny To walk in ways devoted Serving One who made the world And all of history unfurled. They gave up life and parenthood And all the joy it brings To follow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,12,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426"}],"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=4426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4427,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions\/4427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}