{"id":1777,"date":"2013-10-09T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T22:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2020-11-27T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T21:18:32","slug":"quite-a-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/09\/quite-a-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite a Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I found myself explaining to an old friend (I hadn&#8217;t seen in 10 years) who the tall brunette guy was in our family photo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It never fails, the next question is always, <em>&#8220;Where did he come from; how did you get him?&#8221;<\/em> This leads to quite a tale every time! The one of our family and Ben, who loves collecting and bringing people home&#8230; and the many kids who have stayed off and on in our house&#8230; of that special one I wanted that God let me have. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next question is, <em>&#8220;Where does Ben meet all these boys and how do they just\u00a0stay with you?&#8221;<\/em>&#8230;\u00a0That&#8217;s a hard one to answer. It just happens and our family has rolled with it. Trying to explain, I end up telling about the\u00a0<em>Insight program, <\/em>our\u00a0involvement with that now, and the incredible kids we have the opportunity to meet because of it.<\/p>\n<p>This unfolds further into what we have walked through and how life became such a total mess, all with a glorious outcome&#8230; that\u00a0it was <em>through the trials<\/em> that God proved Himself, showing \u00a0His faithfulness, leading us forward one step at a time, providing sanity for the <em>very\u00a0moment<\/em> we needed it.<\/p>\n<p>To tell the whole thing in one big rush is rather -overwhelming, yet leaving anything out is to skip\u00a0some of the glory.\u00a0I remember living it, completely blind to what was next. It&#8217;s only now, looking back that I&#8217;m truly astounded by what God asked of us and how He provided for each need, one small step at a time.<\/p>\n<p>What a tale: tragedy, blessing, hurt, healing. I can&#8217;t share it without a lump in my throat and tears of joy. I&#8217;m sorry if we meet and it just spills out, sometimes its too much to hold in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong> &#8211;<em>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?resize=640%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?resize=1024%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?resize=768%2C563&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?resize=1568%2C1148&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?w=1936&amp;ssl=1 1936w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/img_4595.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>an Etheriedge birthday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I found myself explaining to an old friend (I hadn&#8217;t seen in 10 years) who the tall brunette guy was in our family photo&#8230; It never fails, the next question is always, &#8220;Where did he come from; how did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/09\/quite-a-tale\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,3,1420,4,8,9,10],"tags":[19,23,105,242,358,1339,529,675],"class_list":["post-1777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addiction-recovery","category-children","category-devotional","category-illness","category-practical-life","category-spiritual-growth","category-trust","tag-addiction","tag-adoption","tag-cancer","tag-faithfulness","tag-grace","tag-hardship","tag-mercy","tag-recovery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUt4s-sF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5176,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions\/5176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}