{"id":1692,"date":"2019-05-30T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2019-11-25T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:36:23","slug":"preparing-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/blog\/2019\/05\/preparing-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello fellow Masterful Living pathfinders! I wrote this song &#8212; Prepare a Path &#8212; putting to music and reflecting on Isaiah 40:3-5 (New English Bible), as well a reference to John 1:5 (New Revised Standard Version).<\/p>\n<p>When I wrote this song 3 and half years ago my husband Eric was out of town for 3 weeks and I was going to be solo parenting with my then 4-year-old son Henry. I remember feeling doomed for exhaustion and resentment, a thick pattern at the time. 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