{"id":1158,"date":"2012-07-06T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T21:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2012-07-06T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T21:45:20","slug":"betwixt-and-between-sojourning-through-the-borderlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"Betwixt and Between: Sojourning Through the Borderlands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The In Between of the Borderlands<\/p><\/div>\n

Caught between two worlds; belonging to this earth, yet feeling like strangers, misfits, or aliens from another planet .<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is the nature of life in the borderlands. Pilgrims passing through, yearning for a city and country to call their own.<\/em><\/p>\n

Satisfied settlers living in the neighborhood; ever-seeking sojourners looking for home, so close, yet so out of reach.<\/em><\/p>\n

One foot in heaven and one foot here on earth; a tug of war rages for the affections of our souls.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ever present allure of sex, stuff, and status tries to draw us into its seductive web; temporary fixes that are fleeting.<\/em><\/p>\n

Loving the pulsating life of the city, yet longing for the peace of the country.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Stuck between the city and country<\/p><\/div>\n

Content but ever restless, happy on the outside yet gripped by the haunting on the inside.<\/em><\/p>\n

No experience or relationship can satiate this gnawing sense of despondency, discontent, emptiness, longing, and hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n

The promise of satisfaction found in penultimate vacations, dream houses, gold plated pension funds, and the perfect relationship only leaves us wanting more.<\/em><\/p>\n

What will fill the hole, and what will satisfy the unending haunting? What is the purpose of this holy discontent?<\/em><\/p>\n

Beneath it all is an\u00a0unquenchable thirst for lasting peace, deeper intimacy, exquisite beauty, real justice for all found in relationship with our Creator!<\/em><\/p>\n

Heed that homesickness for a world with no pollution, poverty or pain; groan for a little slice of heaven here on earth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Slow down and listen to that inward still small voice calling you homeward.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Seeing Another World Dimly<\/p><\/div>\n

Gaze more deeply, and though faint, you will see a vision of a better city and country that is just over the horizon.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Travel lightly as you move from the borderlands into that promised land you have been waiting for.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dive into the Grand Adventure of partnering with God to usher in, here and now, a little bit of heaven on earth!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caught between two worlds; belonging to this earth, yet feeling like strangers, misfits, or aliens from another planet . This is the nature of life in the borderlands. Pilgrims passing through, yearning for a city and country to call their own. Satisfied settlers living in the neighborhood; ever-seeking sojourners looking for home, so close, yet […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[91,88,89,90,44,62,87],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beauty","tag-borderlands","tag-happy","tag-haunting","tag-hunger","tag-justice","tag-sojourners","category-1-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1221,"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questforlifecoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}