{"id":2083,"date":"2014-03-02T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2014-02-12T22:10:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T04:10:46","slug":"why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=2083","title":{"rendered":"Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Why.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2089\" alt=\"Why\" src=\"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Why-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Why-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Why.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By Barbara Dahlgren<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We go through life asking why.<br \/>\nWhy did my loved one have to die?<br \/>\nWhy did they choose my house to rob?<br \/>\nWhy did I have to lose my job?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Why did the Stock Market take my money?<br \/>\nWhy must it rain and not be sunny?<br \/>\nWhy do I have to be so ill?<br \/>\nWhy must I climb up this hill?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Why does this road seem so long?<br \/>\nWhy is everything going wrong?<br \/>\nWe ask these questions up to heaven.<br \/>\nWe ask but then no answer\u2019s given.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We ask it all but we ask amiss.<br \/>\nThe question we should ask is this:<br \/>\nWho made day and who made night?<br \/>\nWho can give the blind man sight?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who made the mountains and the sea?<br \/>\nWho has a plan just for me?<br \/>\nWho made heaven and the earth?<br \/>\nWho died so I might have worth?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who holds my life in His hand?<br \/>\nWho carries me in the sand?<br \/>\nWho knows what\u2019s best for me?<br \/>\nThe answer\u2019s simple. It is He!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the way seems too rough for you,<br \/>\nDon\u2019t focus on why, just focus on WHO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why? By Barbara Dahlgren We go through life asking why. Why did my loved one have to die? Why did they choose my house to rob? Why did I have to lose my job? Why did the Stock Market take &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=2083\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}