{"id":111,"date":"2020-12-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnj.umo.mybluehost.me\/25days\/day-1-the-hope-of-christmas-by-matthew-west\/"},"modified":"2020-12-01T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:00:00","slug":"day-1-the-hope-of-christmas-by-matthew-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/day-1-the-hope-of-christmas-by-matthew-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 &#8211; The Hope of Christmas by Matthew West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It is hard to believe that we have been&nbsp;doing this for 11 years, and this year has been unique, but it has&nbsp;already been good for me to be looking for songs to share, and it has really reminded me how great it is to just listen to some great music, and enjoy this great time of year,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Enjoy the Hope of Christmas by Matthew West, if you new to the list and to Matthew West, you will love him, and he has&nbsp;enough great music to fill the entire 25 days.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue Light&quot;, HelveticaNeue-Light, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 709px;\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27rMrWqJsNA\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Take me back to eight years old<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The little church on a dead-end road<br \/>\nWith a candle flicker in one hand and Dad\u2019s hand in the other<\/p>\n<p>Take me back to Silent Night<br \/>\nMy heart was full and the world was right<br \/>\n\u2018Cause right now the world looks nothing like those innocent Decembers<\/p>\n<p>These days peace on earth is hard to find<br \/>\nAnd I need you to remind me one more time<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re still the hope of Christmas<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still the light when the world looks dark<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still the hope of Christmas<br \/>\nAnd You\u2019r\u0435 still the hope of my heart<\/p>\n<p>Watch the snowflakes falling down<br \/>\nLike a blanket on this town<br \/>\nFor a moment we can hardly see the pain this year has brought us<\/p>\n<p>May the sick find healing\u2019s touch<br \/>\nMay hatred\u2019s fight be won with love<br \/>\nAnd may every heart make room for You, the One who came to save us<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cause You\u2019re still the hope of Christmas<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still the light when the world looks dark<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still the hope of Christmas<br \/>\nAnd You\u2019re still the hope of my heart<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re the hope of Christmas<\/p>\n<p>I bowed my head to pray tonight<br \/>\nFelt my little girl by my side<br \/>\nShe slipped her tiny hand in mine<br \/>\nAnd we both talked to You<\/p>\n<p>And it took me back to eight years old<br \/>\nMy daddy\u2019s hand and a story told<br \/>\nAbout Heaven\u2019s love in a manger low<br \/>\nAnd a promise that\u2019s still true<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re still the hope of Christmas<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still the light when the world looks dark<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still the hope of Christmas<br \/>\nAnd You\u2019re still the hope of my heart<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to believe that we have been&nbsp;doing this for 11 years, and this year has been unique, but it has&nbsp;already been good for me to be looking for songs to share, and it has really reminded me how great it is to just listen to some great music, and enjoy this great time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9","category-25days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beazworks.com\/25days\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}