{"id":897,"date":"2007-04-18T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2007-04-18T04:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T04:25:00","slug":"whenever-i-touch-a-velvet-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/18\/whenever-i-touch-a-velvet-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Whenever I touch a velvet rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/449100095\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/183\/449100095_d96cfcdb60.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/> <span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/449100095\/\">peace<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"> Picture: a rose with yellow petals, tinged with pink and red at the edges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/churchmusic\/detailmusicPlayer\/index.html?searchlanguage=1&#038;searchcollection=2&#038;searchseqstart=228&#038;searchsubseqstart=%20&#038;searchseqend=228&#038;searchsubseqend=ZZZ\">My Heavenly Father Loves Me<\/a>&#8221; was my all-time favorite Primary song when I was a little girl.  One reason I loved it was because each time we sang it Miss Tammy would choose a handful of kids to hold pictures representing the images of the song: a bird, a rain shower, etc. and I would raise my hand high, hoping to be one of the children chosen to for the special job of holding a picture while we sang.    <\/p>\n<p>It seems fitting to me that even now when I contemplate the song of a bird or the breeze rustling through the trees I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the beauty of the world and I feel closer to the divine. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Whenever I hear, the song of a bird<br \/>Or look at the blue, blue sky<br \/>Whenever I feel the rain on my face<br \/>Or the wind as it rushes by<br \/>Whenever I touch a velvet rose<br \/>Or walk by a lilac tree<br \/>I&#8217;m glad that I live in this beautiful world<br \/>Heavenly Father created for me.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>peace, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. 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