{"id":14055,"date":"2013-12-09T11:28:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=14055"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:20:58","slug":"14055","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/14055\/","title":{"rendered":"I Saw Death (a poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Steve Blackwell (IndyWatchman)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I Saw Death, and I was not afraid. Death, the enemy of life has been defeated and we need not fear the unknown. God has shown us the victorious march of Life through the changing of the seasons, and Life is the victor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most holiday poems are expected to be along the lines of \u201cJingle-bells,\u201d But I prefer the ring of Truth. 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