{"id":4758,"date":"2020-04-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2020-04-10T09:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:47:14","slug":"to-stay-or-not-to-stay-at-the-cross-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/to-stay-or-not-to-stay-at-the-cross-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To Stay or Not to Stay at the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"To Stay or Not to Stay at the Cross 4\/11\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/6v9n4-d64d89?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Some of us stay at the cross<\/em><\/strong><em>,<br>Some of us wait at the tomb,<br>Quickened and raised with Christ<br>Yet lingering still in the gloom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br><strong>Some of us &#8216;bide at the Passover feast<\/strong><br>With Pentecost all unknown,<br>The triumphs of grace in the heavenly place<br>That our Lord has made His own.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br><strong>If the Christ who died had stopped at the cross,<\/strong><br>His work had been incomplete.<br>If the Christ who was buried had stayed in the tomb,<br>He had only known defeat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br><strong>But the way of the cross never stops at the cross<br><\/strong>And the way of the tomb leads on<br>To victorious grace in the heavenly place<br><strong>Where the risen Lord has gone<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annie Johnson Flint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I would especially love to hear from you and how you are doing during this pandemic along with your comments, questions and suggestions. My email address is:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:medardlaz@aol.com\"><em>medardlaz@aol.com<\/em><\/a><strong><em>. This is the address I check throughout the day.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please invite your family and your friends to subscribe. We need to assist each other through these trying times with help and strength from the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Easter Blessings!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fr. Med Laz<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of us stay at the cross,Some of us wait at the tomb,Quickened and raised with ChristYet lingering still in the gloom. Some of us &#8216;bide at the Passover feastWith Pentecost all unknown,The triumphs of grace in the heavenly placeThat our Lord has made His own. 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