{"updatedAt":722911282.685079,"cachedAt":722911282.685082,"content":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"captionedImage","content":[{"type":"image2","attrs":{"title":null,"href":null,"alt":null,"internalRedirect":null,"src":"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/42af5e3a-4605-4b70-8483-fe3ec8eb9d0c_1280x890.jpeg","belowTheFold":false,"srcNoWatermark":null,"resizeWidth":null,"type":"image\/jpeg","height":890,"fullscreen":null,"width":1280,"bytes":106131,"topImage":false,"imageSize":null}}]},{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Song: They Toil Not, Neither Do They Spin","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"text","text":" "}],"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"They toil not, neither do they spin Mathew 6:28","marks":[{"type":"em"}],"type":"text"},{"type":"text","text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"They toil not, neither ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Do they spin, these soulful sprites— ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"These sweet birds of song. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"They toil not, neither "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"Do they spin, these brave songsters— "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"These faithful soldiers. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Like wraiths in the day, "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"Hiding among trembling leaves, "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Whispering like wind. ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"They sing in shadows, "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Beneath the delicate blue, ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"Then flutter away. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"They toil not, neither ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Do they spin—but freely sing ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"With cheer and delight. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Their hymns give us pause: ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"After toiling and spinning, ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"The silence sweeps in. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"What lies in the heart ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"When the spinning and toiling ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"Suddenly ceases? "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"What lies in the heart "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"When the toiling and spinning "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"Arrives at its end? "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When the silence comes "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"—the source of all song—what was "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Once mute will be heard. ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The fear and the joy, ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"The anger and the sorrow "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Take flight like sweet songs. ","type":"text"}]},{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"They toil not, neither "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"Do they spin, these brave songsters— ","type":"text"},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"These faithful soldiers. ","type":"text"}],"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"They toil not, neither "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"Do they spin, these soulful sprites— "},{"type":"hard_break"},{"type":"text","text":"These sweet birds of song. "}]}]},"postID":139035924}