{"id":5683,"date":"2019-04-12T19:13:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2019-04-12T19:13:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:13:39","slug":"by-path-meadow-evening-service-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=5683","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBy-path Meadow\u201d \u2014Evening Service Devotional &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>\u201cBy-path Meadow\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2014Evening Service Devotional from \u201cThe Pilgrim\u2019s Progress\u201d\u2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\tNow I beheld in my dream that they had not journeyed far when the river divided and began to flow in two different directions. They were sorry to see it for they dared not go out of the way. Now the way led away from the river and was rough, and their feet grew tender because of their travels. So the souls of the pilgrims became more and more discouraged because of the ruggedness of the way. <em>(And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. \u2013 Num. 21:4)<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\tStill they went on and wished for a better way. A little ahead of them, to the left of the road stretched a fenced meadow accessed by a stile. That meadow is called By-path Meadow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\tChristian said to Hopeful, \u201cIf this meadow lies alongside our way, let\u2019s cross over into it.\u201d So he walked over to the stile to investigate, and saw that a pathway on the other side of the fence seemed to run parallel with the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\t\u201cIt\u2019s exactly what I wished for.\u201d Christian pointed to the path on the other side of the fence. \u201cHere the going is much easier. Come on Hopeful, let\u2019s cross over.\u201d \u201cBut . . .\u201d Hopeful\u2019s mouth screwed to one side. \u201cWhat if this path should lead us out of the way?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\t\u201cThat\u2019s not likely,\u201d Christian said. \u201cLook, doesn\u2019t it run alongside our way, but just on the other side of the fence?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[Bunyan, John. Pilgrim\u2019s Progress (Illustrated): Updated, Modern English. More than 100 Illustrations. (Bunyan Updated Classics) (pp. 127-128). Aneko Press. Kindle Edition.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBy-path Meadow\u201d\u2014Evening Service Devotional from \u201cThe Pilgrim\u2019s Progress\u201d\u2014 Now I beheld in my dream that they had not journeyed far when the river divided and began to flow in two different directions. They were sorry to see it for they dared not go out of the way. 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