{"id":37409,"date":"2020-10-25T01:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T05:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=37409"},"modified":"2020-09-08T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:27:59","slug":"my-resolve-much-needed-about-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2020\/10\/25\/my-resolve-much-needed-about-now\/","title":{"rendered":"My Resolve&#8212; Much Needed about Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XbogEr2mBTA<\/p>\n<p>Remember the story of Sisyphus and his rock pushed up the hill?<\/p>\n<p>Ash plumes rise<br>\nIn electrified skies<br>\nIncandescent light<br>\nOh, with flash bolt eyes<br>\nAnd no one knows why<br>\nI\u2019ve been drawn to this lie<br>\nI\u2019m down when they\u2019re high<br>\nOn a survival line<br>\nIn my resolve, I move the rock<br>\nMaybe fall down trying<br>\nMy ineptitude stares me down<br>\nIn this space, I cower<br>\nI try to stand above the frame<br>\nStand apart, not by it<br>\nAnd I move on up above the hill<br>\nTo maybe fully flower<br>\nI flower<br>\nReach for the heights<br>\nAnd then throw on to the depths<br>\nI look for someone wise<br>\nWith a soft caress<br>\nWill I find myself alone<br>\nRepeating numbing ties<br>\nYou could help roll it up<br>\n\u2018Cause I got no backup plan<br>\nOh, in my resolve, I move the rock<br>\nMaybe fall down trying<br>\nMy ineptitude stares me down<br>\nIn this space, I cower<br>\nI try to stand above the frame<br>\nStand apart, not by it<br>\nAnd I move on up above the hill<br>\nTo maybe fully flower<br>\nOoh, I flower<br>\nMove on up and I roll back down<br>\nGrandpa\u2019s book, no one hears my sound<br>\nUpward, downward for so long<br>\nWith my resolve, I climb and climb and I fall<br>\nIn my resolve, I move the rock<br>\nMaybe fall down trying<br>\nMy ineptitude stares me down<br>\nIn this space, I cower<br>\nI try to stand above the frame<br>\nStand apart, not by it<br>\nAnd I move on up above the hill<br>\nTo maybe fully flower<br>\nAsh plumes rise<br>\nIn an electrified sky<br>\nAn incandescent light<br>\nWith flash bolt eyes<br>\nOn a survival line<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XbogEr2mBTA Remember the story of Sisyphus and his rock pushed up the hill? 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