{"id":41981,"date":"2017-05-08T09:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=41981"},"modified":"2017-05-08T09:26:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:26:48","slug":"jordans-stormy-banks-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/05\/jordans-stormy-banks-stand.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;On Jordan&#8217;s stormy banks I stand&#8221;"},"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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41982\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/05\/Atar_Hatvila_-_Qaser_Al_Yahud_P1020091.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41982\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41982\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/05\/Atar_Hatvila_-_Qaser_Al_Yahud_P1020091-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Qasr al-Yahud. On the Israeli side.\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Qasr al-Yahud, the traditional site of John\u2019s baptism of Jesus. In the foreground is Israel. The bushes on the other side of the river are in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yJR3k3duqnI\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yJR3k3duqnI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">On Jordan\u2019s stormy banks I stand<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">And cast a wishful eye<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">To Canaan\u2019s fair and happy land,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Where my possessions lie.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">There generous fruits that never fail<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">On trees immortal grow;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">There rocks and hills and brooks and vales<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">With milk and honey flow.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Chorus<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">O who will come and go with me<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Chorus<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">O who will come and go with me<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">O the transporting rapt\u2019rous scene<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">That rises to my sight;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Sweet fields arrayed in living green<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">And rivers of Delight.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Where shall I reach that happy place<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">And be forever blessed.<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Where shall I see my Father\u2019s face<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">And in His presence rest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Chorus<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">O who will come and go with me<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Chorus<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">O who will come and go with me<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I am bound for the promised land.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Posted from Jericho, Palestine<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yJR3k3duqnI \u00a0 On Jordan\u2019s stormy banks I stand And cast a wishful eye To Canaan\u2019s fair and happy land,\u00a0 Where my possessions lie. There generous fruits that never fail On trees immortal grow;\u00a0 There rocks and hills and brooks and vales With milk and honey flow. 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