{"id":158,"date":"2016-08-01T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2018-09-04T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T16:28:37","slug":"may-the-road-rise-up-to-meet-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/may-the-road-rise-up-to-meet-you\/","title":{"rendered":"May The Road Rise Up To Meet You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>May the road rise up to meet you.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> May the wind be always at your back. <\/em><br \/>\n<em> May the sun shine warm upon your face; <\/em><br \/>\n<em> the rains fall soft upon your fields <\/em><br \/>\n<em> and until we meet again, <\/em><br \/>\n<em> may God hold you in the palm of His hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(traditional gaelic blessing)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love the words in this blessing. It is an outpouring of peace that I have used over and over again, and in giving it out I have found that most people can receive these beautiful poetic words regardless of their background, age or beliefs. Blessing others is so very important because simple words like these can have remarkable effect on peoples lives. Blessings create equality, a level place where we stand together. They create harmony where lives join and merge &#8211; there is no room for competition or comparison here. Blessings also tend to evoke the peace that we all crave for in our hearts. &#8220;Peace be with you&#8221; to which we respond with &#8220;and also with you&#8221;. Blessings are also words of declaration, and Christian blessings stand on the finished work of Christ. When Jesus died on the cross and rose again, His victory was complete over the forces of darkness and the power of death. And now we can walk in this blessing, on this day and into eternity!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the song we have created that is based on this ancient blessing:-<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hA1F0uOuMFs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can download the mp3 of this song by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/worship\/may_the_road.html\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. (traditional gaelic blessing) I love the words in this <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/may-the-road-rise-up-to-meet-you\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[22,11,15],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-music","tag-blessing","tag-film","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/held_600.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-2y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":402,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/an-ancient-celtic-blessing\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":0},"title":"An Ancient Celtic Blessing","date":"October 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cMay the Road Rise Up To Meet You\u201d is a beautiful old Celtic blessing. 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