{"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/6ac130ba5558f9dbe2cf7a7d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rain Upon the Blinding Dust","description":"<h4><strong>Scripture</strong></h4><p>Psalm 84:5-7 (NIV)</p><p>Blessed are those whose strength is in you,</p><p>whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</p><p>As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</p><p>they make it a place of springs;</p><p>the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</p><p>They go from strength to strength,</p><p>till each appears before God in Zion.</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>Refrain</strong></h4><p><em>Even in the valley of weeping, there are springs.</em></p><p><br></p><h4><strong>Quote</strong></h4><p>Charles Dickens, from <em>Great Expectations</em></p><p>&quot;Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears,</p><p>for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth,</p><p>overlying our hard hearts.</p><p>I was better after I had cried, than before,</p><p>more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude,</p><p>more gentle.&quot;</p>","author_name":"City Arts Dept"}