{"id":1449,"date":"2014-08-17T01:08:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T08:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2014-08-17T01:08:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T08:08:01","slug":"if-tomorrow-never-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/?p=1449","title":{"rendered":"If tomorrow never comes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2577135-4bc6f7036ff93829.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1450\" src=\"http:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2577135-4bc6f7036ff93829-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"2577135-4bc6f7036ff93829\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf tomorrow never comes...<br \/>\nIf I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,<br \/>\nI would tuck you in more tightly, and pray the Lord your soul to keep.<br \/>\nIf I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you walk out the door,<br \/>\nI would give you a hug and kiss, and call you back for just one more.<br \/>\nIf I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,<br \/>\nI would tape each word and action, and play them back throughout my days<br \/>\nIf I knew it would be the last time, I would spare an extra minute or two,<br \/>\nTo stop and say \"I love you,\" instead of assuming you know I do.<br \/>\nSo just in case tomorrow never comes, and today is all I get,<br \/>\nI'd like to say how much I love you, and I hope we never will forget.<br \/>\nTomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike,<br \/>\nAnd today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.<br \/>\nSo if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?<br \/>\nFor if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day<br \/>\nThat you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss,<br \/>\nAnd you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.<br \/>\nSo hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear,<br \/>\nThat you love them very much, and you'll always hold them dear.<br \/>\nTake time to say \"I'm sorry,\" \"Please forgive me,\" \"thank you\" or \"it's okay\".<br \/>\nAnd if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If tomorrow never comes... If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly, and pray the Lord your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you walk out the door, I would give you <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/?p=1449\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"If tomorrow never comes.\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-afternoon-tea","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry","9":"h-as-article"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter.ccreadbible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}