{"id":16198,"date":"2013-12-11T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T06:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16198"},"modified":"2013-12-10T22:58:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T04:58:36","slug":"need-silent-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/11\/need-silent-night\/","title":{"rendered":"I Need A Silent Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15999\" alt=\"gchcarolsbloggraphic\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg\" width=\"568\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg 568w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I&#8217;ve made the same mistake before\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Too many malls, too many stores\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">December traffic, Christmas rush\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">It breaks me till I push and shove\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Children are crying while mothers are trying\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To photograph Santa and sleigh\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">The shopping and buying and standing forever in line\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">What can I say?\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I need a silent night, a holy night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To hear an angel voice through the chaos and the noise\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I need a midnight clear, a little peace right here\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To end this crazy day with a silent night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">December comes then disappears\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Faster and faster every year\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Did my own mother keep this pace\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Or was the world a different place?\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Where people stayed home wishing for snow\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Watching three channels on their TV\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Look at us now rushing around\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Trying to buy Christmas peace\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I need a silent night, a holy night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To hear an angel voice through the chaos and the noise\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I need a midnight clear, a little peace right here\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To end this crazy day with a silent night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">What was it like back there in Bethlehem\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">With peace on earth, good will toward men?\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Every shepherd&#8217;s out in the field\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">Keeping watch over their clock by night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">And the glory of the Lord shone around them\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">And they were so afraid\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">And the angels said fear not for behold\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I bring you good news of a great joy that shall be for all people\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">For unto you is born this day a Savior, who is Christ the Lord\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I need a silent night, a holy night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To hear an angel voice through the chaos and the noise\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">I need a midnight clear, a little peace right here\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To end this crazy day with a silent night\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #961728;\">To end this crazy day with a silent night<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I Need A Silent Night\u00a0<\/em> ~\u00a0 Amy Grant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KRSSsNbF29I\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn the busy-ness of this Christmas season maybe you can relate to this song\u2026I know I can!\u00a0 I long for the days when life was simple. \u00a0Today in our fast moving, high-paced world it is\u00a0easy to get caught up in frenzy in the chaos and the noise. To enter in to the peaceful place we must purpose ourselves to be still before the Lord.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then Jesus said, &#8220;Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,<br \/>\nand I will give you rest.<br \/>\n<strong>Matthew 11:28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I think of a &#8216;midnight clear&#8217; I think of peace, and resting in His presence. \u00a0My prayer for you and for me is that we would take the time away from the busy-ness to hear the still, small voice of the Lord as we sit quietly in His presence free from\u00a0 the chaos and the noise.\u00a0 May we choose to end our days with a <em>Silent Night<\/em> resting in Him! \u00a0&lt;3<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Lord gives his people strength.\u00a0 The Lord blesses them with peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Psalm 29 :11<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve made the same mistake before\u00a0 Too many malls, too many stores\u00a0 December traffic, Christmas rush\u00a0 It breaks me till I push and shove\u00a0 Children are crying while mothers are trying\u00a0 To photograph Santa and sleigh\u00a0 The shopping and buying and standing forever in line\u00a0 What can I say?\u00a0 I need a silent night, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":15999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[91,4776,1287,425,4777,4654,1672,746,4699,4778],"class_list":["post-16198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-womens","tag-amy-grant","tag-carols","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-i-need-a-silent-night","tag-kim-golds","tag-matthew-1128","tag-peace","tag-psalm-2911","tag-resting-in-him","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4dg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16198"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16205,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16198\/revisions\/16205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}