{"id":222,"date":"2013-10-20T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.243.23.127:8081\/2013\/10\/20\/crossroads\/"},"modified":"2013-10-20T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T13:58:00","slug":"crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"Crossroads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ss1fVYfokNc\/UmPpDNUYAaI\/AAAAAAAAA50\/VUtY-Od7YJg\/s1600\/ID-100175980.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"212\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ss1fVYfokNc\/UmPpDNUYAaI\/AAAAAAAAA50\/VUtY-Od7YJg\/s320\/ID-100175980.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">&nbsp; (photocourtesy of tiverylucky\/freedigitalphotos.net)<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">To decide is to walk facing forward with nary a crick in your neck from&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">looking back at the crossroads.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">&nbsp;~Betsy Ca\u00f1as Garmon~<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I am at a crossroads. &nbsp;There are decisions that have to be made. &nbsp;Crossroads are scary and exciting at the same time. &nbsp;You feel like you are jumping off a cliff into the great unknown and not sure if you are going to have a parachute or not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">As a Christian, I place my hope in God who will provide the direction I need and will, if I am willing to listen, direct my steps. Sometimes, even though I believe God has my best interest at heart, I&#8217;m not sure I want to go through the essential tough parts of life to become the person I am designed to be. &nbsp;I just want the path to be easy and obstacle free. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I am at a crossroads. &nbsp;I have to decide. <br \/>Indecision is not an option.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Thankfully I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt,<br \/>all will be well &#8211; no matter what. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (photocourtesy of tiverylucky\/freedigitalphotos.net) To decide is to walk facing forward with nary a crick in your neck from&nbsp; 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