{"id":11561,"date":"2023-10-20T03:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11561"},"modified":"2023-10-06T03:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:42:52","slug":"a-liturgy-for-when-the-bar-is-not-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11561","title":{"rendered":"A Liturgy for when the bar is not open\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The following was taken from the resource we have compiled for pilgrims on the Camino De Santiago. You can get a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puntosluz.org\/caminando-el-camino\" target=\"_blank\">free digital copy here<\/a>. Downloading and giving your feedback helps us to spread the word. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">My heart sinks, O God.\nI am frustrated.\nI am hungry. I am tired. I am in need of refreshment.\n\nBut the bar is closed.\n\nI know that this is a simple thing.\nI know that this is easily solved with more walking, another kilometer or two.\nBut I had hoped.\nThat hope was deferred.\nNow my heart is sick.\n\nI have not fasted for forty days.\nI have not been floating adrift in the ocean.\nI have not been lowered into a pit and left for dead.\nThis is small.\nThis is insignificant to mankind.\nBut it is still frustrating.\n\nBut while it is small, it also is revealing my heart.\nLet me not be like Esau in his hunger and cast away what is irreplaceable.\nUse this small moment to shift my heart.\nMay this minor correction lead me on a better path.\n\nPlease take my frustration and turn it to gratitude.\nPlease take my disappointment and turn it to peace.\nPlease take my annoyance and turn it to laughter.\nPlease take my longing and turn it to you.\u2060\n-------------\nPhilippians 4:10-13<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Liturgies-for-the-Pilgrim-Cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.puntosluz.org\/caminando-el-camino noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Liturgies-for-the-Pilgrim-Cover.jpg?resize=162%2C267\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11498\" width=\"162\" height=\"267\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was taken from the resource we have compiled for pilgrims on the Camino De Santiago. 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