{"id":3424,"date":"2018-11-02T08:31:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/02\/morning-marvels\/"},"modified":"2020-09-13T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T23:10:30","slug":"morning-marvels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/02\/morning-marvels\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Marvels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking at the photo over our mantle today. Happy faces on a 4th of July evening: 3 graduates, 2 in high school, and 1 in middle school, my parents still alive and life in full-swing!<\/p>\n<p>So many changes have happened since then. I made a quick list of all the difficulties God has seen us through. Most small, some huge! I&#8217;m recalling not to feel pitiful, but to praise and thank Him for His divine intervention and help. It\u2019s a marvel!<\/p>\n<p>Always hard to see, in the moment how dilemmas will <em>turn out<\/em>. When there&#8217;s a problem, its a <em>big deal<\/em> until the solution comes.\u00a0I remember worrying over my car\u2019s transmission&#8230; \u00a02 children needing their wisdom teeth out&#8230; a dryer that died and an air-conditioner too&#8230; So many things over the years that disrupted our lives suddenly, but soon passed. God provided. Time marched on. Memories of distress faded. \u00a0New ones appeared.<\/p>\n<p>When I look back, I see God\u00a0<i>always<\/i> showed us a way through or a way around. He was there everyday, through every problem. Feast or famine, grief or celebration, giving me the strength and perspective I needed.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever today holds, will just be another chapter in an old book of His faithfulness. <em><b>The same yesterday, today and forever<\/b><\/em>&#8230; I have nothing to fear! Only excitement for what\u2019s ahead and all He will do through us &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p><em>Never leaving or forsaking us<\/em> &#8211; now that\u2019s a marvel.<\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/b><i>Anna<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?resize=1568%2C2091&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2782.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking at the photo over our mantle today. Happy faces on a 4th of July evening: 3 graduates, 2 in high school, and 1 in middle school, my parents still alive and life in full-swing! 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