{"id":1752,"date":"2017-11-19T20:55:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T20:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2017-11-19T20:55:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T20:55:37","slug":"thanks-to-god-for-my-redeemer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1752","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to God for My Redeemer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.<\/strong><\/em><strong> I Thessalonians 5:18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Thanks to God for my Redeemer,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for all Thou dost provide!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for times now but a memory,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for Jesus by my side!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for dark and stormy fall!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for tears by now forgotten,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for peace within my soul!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><strong>Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for what Thou dost deny!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for storms that I have weathered,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for all Thou dost supply!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for comfort in despair!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for grace that none can measure,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for love beyond compare!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><strong>Thanks for roses by the wayside,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for thorns their stems contain!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for heavenly peace with Thee!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Thanks through all eternity!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By August Ludvig Storm\u00a0 (1891)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I Thessalonians 5:18 Thanks to God for my Redeemer, Thanks for all Thou dost provide! Thanks for times now but a memory, Thanks for Jesus by my side! Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime, Thanks for dark and stormy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1752\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thanks to God for My Redeemer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}