{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/656fd0cb4030a60011809ebf/6aad66840a12e9177439c0cb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Look Toward Heaven and Count the Stars","description":"<h4>Scripture</h4><p>Genesis 15:5 (NRSVUE)</p><p>He brought him outside and said,</p><p>\"Look toward heaven and count the stars,</p><p>if you are able to count them.\"</p><p>Then he said to him,</p><p>\"So shall your descendants be.\"</p><h4><br></h4><p><br></p><p><br></p><h4>Refrain</h4><p><em>Hope returns when I look up.</em></p><h4><br></h4><h4><br></h4><p><br></p><h4>Quote</h4><p>J.R.R. Tolkien, from <em>The Return of the King</em></p><p>\"Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while.</p><p>The beauty of it smote his heart,</p><p>as he looked up out of the forsaken land,</p><p>and hope returned to him.</p><p>For like a shaft, clear and cold,</p><p>the thought pierced him</p><p>that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing:</p><p>there was light and high beauty</p><p>for ever beyond its reach.\"</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"City Arts Dept"}