{"id":5725,"date":"2018-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/?p=5725"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T10:14:40","slug":"the-rare-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/13\/the-rare-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RARE ADDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018Lord, never let my heart find total satisfaction in anything here. Deliver me from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the joys &amp; pleasures of earth that dull my ache for you. Let the pain of desire overwhelm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>me. Let all the trifles of human pursuits look irrelevant in my sight. I want you Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and yet those words don\u2019t carry the depth of my ache. I can\u2019t express it but I know<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you understand. Even tears do not have enough weight to express my longing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deliver me from the addictions that plague humanity. Fill my soul with that rare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>addiction that only your very tangible presence can satisfy. And don\u2019t release me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from this pain. While others may enjoy life pain-free, never release me from the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>agony of longing for you. I love the pain because it reminds me that I don\u2019t belong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>here. Let my aches continue as long as I am forced to remain in this human temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This I cry for, in your name. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Lord, never let my heart find total satisfaction in anything here. Deliver me from the joys &amp; pleasures of earth that dull my ache for you. Let the pain of desire overwhelm me. Let all the trifles of human pursuits look irrelevant in my sight. I want you Lord and yet those words don\u2019t carry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-heartcry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Heartcry.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5727,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5725\/revisions\/5727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}