{"id":3150,"date":"2017-12-20T21:47:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/20\/7-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:42:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T22:42:21","slug":"7-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/20\/7-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"7 years ago&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is a happy time of memories for me. I love to look at photos of holidays past. This one from my in-law&#8217;s house is especially wonderful. David, just out of the hospital after a long and near-death experience. He was so thin and weak, but finally on the\u00a0<i>road to recovery. <\/i>All of our family was gathering together after more than a \u00a0month apart. &#x2764;&#xfe0f; &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievably, we were just in-time for Christmas, complete with snow and many other small miracles. An extra fragile, extra special Holy-day. That&#8217;s\u00a0one I never want to forget. God was so faithful!<b>\u00a0<\/b>He proved Himself to me time and again that year&#8230; and the next&#8230; and the next&#8230;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I thought I would never make it through that trial, I thought I&#8217;d break. But you know, I didn&#8217;t. Only because it was Someone else&#8217;s strength\u00a0I relied on. God came through big &amp; strong&#8230; usually at the 11th hour, but He came through.<\/p>\n<p>Had He always been doing that and I just didn&#8217;t notice? Had we simply been too busy to see how intimately involved He was in our details? Either way, to <b>desperately cling<\/b> has become a way of life for me. Trust first, ask questions later. \u00a0And after all these things, it actually comes more easily. I know He is<b>\u00a0after my good&#8230;<\/b>and the good of our family. That\u00a0alone has been worth it.<\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/b><i>Anna<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_7772.jpg?resize=640%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_7772.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_7772.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>2010, He&#8217;s alive!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is a happy time of memories for me. I love to look at photos of holidays past. This one from my in-law&#8217;s house is especially wonderful. David, just out of the hospital after a long and near-death experience. 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