{"id":23422,"date":"2014-12-17T00:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T05:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23422"},"modified":"2014-12-16T22:07:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T03:07:48","slug":"heard-bells-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/17\/heard-bells-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">I heard the bells on Christmas Day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Their old familiar carols play<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">And mild and sweet their songs repeat<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Of peace on earth good will to men<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">And the bells are ringing (Peace on Earth)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Like a choir they&#8217;re singing (Peace on Earth)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">In my heart I hear them<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Peace on earth, good will to men<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">And in despair I bowed my head<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">There is no peace on earth I said<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">For hate is strong and mocks the song<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Of peace on earth, good will to men<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Then rang the bells more loud and deep<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">God is not dead, nor doth He sleep (Peace on Earth, peace on Earth)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">The wrong shall fail, the right prevail<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">With peace on earth, good will to men<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Then ringing singing on its way<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">The world revolved from night to day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">A voice, a chime, a chant sublime<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Of peace on earth, good will to men<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Do you hear the bells they&#8217;re ringing (Peace on Earth)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">The life the angels singing (Peace on Earth)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Open up your heart and hear them (Peace on Earth)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Peace on earth, good will to men<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Peace on earth, Peace on earth<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Peace on earth, good will to men<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F756Mjxxrvc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Original hymn: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (lyrics) and John Calkin (music)<br \/>\nCasting Crowns version includes lyrics&amp;music by Mark Hall, Bernie Herms, and Dale Oliver<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s day and age it can be easy to get discouraged with all the things we see around us. \u00a0We have to decide if we are going to focus on all the stuff surrounding us or CHOOSE to look at the good.<\/p>\n<p>I love the lyric \u2018<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em>Do you hear the bells they\u2019re ringing<\/em>\u2019<\/span>? \u00a0I think of this every time I walk out of the apartment where I live now. \u00a0When I go outside every so often I can hear the faint sound of church bells ringing from the church close to where I live. \u00a0In today\u2019s world with all the evil around us it would seem that you have to intentionally listen for the still, small voice of God in the midst of it. \u00a0This does not mean that God has stopped working. \u00a0<strong>He is still there.<\/strong> \u00a0He is a gentlemen. \u00a0It is up to us to be looking for Him. \u00a0Are we listening?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But Jesus replied, &#8220;My Father is always working, and so am I.<br \/>\nJohn 5:17 NLT<\/p>\n<p>The key to peace in this world is the peace that can only be found in Him. \u00a0Jesus said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me.<br \/>\nHere on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.<br \/>\nBut take heart, because I have overcome the world.<br \/>\nJohn 16:33 NLT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father, thank You that You never stop working and that no matter what is happening in our personal lives or in the world around us Your good plan will always prevail. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play And mild and sweet their songs repeat Of peace on earth good will to men And the bells are ringing (Peace on Earth) Like a choir they&#8217;re singing (Peace on Earth) In my heart I hear them Peace on earth, good will to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":23090,"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":[4937],"tags":[8035,2645,4663,1287,425,8034,1477,7827,4654,6695,4932],"class_list":["post-23422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-are-we-listening","tag-casting-crowns","tag-christmas-carols","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day","tag-john-1633","tag-john-517","tag-kim-golds","tag-mark-hall","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-65M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23422","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=23422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23429,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23422\/revisions\/23429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}