{"id":3814,"date":"2019-07-17T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T14:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2020-09-26T12:38:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T16:38:34","slug":"be-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/17\/be-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Be still"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a nice long walk this morning, talking to God. Thankful for blessings, amazed over answers to prayer and frustrated that some issues continue&#8230; after years.<\/p>\n<p>I thought of the <em>prodigal son<\/em>&#8216;s father- watching, waiting. I think most parents understand. I thought of that one <em>lost lamb<\/em>\u00a0who didn&#8217;t come to the pen when the others were gathered. Where was he? How did he get separated?<\/p>\n<p>I thought of the Great Shepherd setting out to look. Leaving His 99 corralled behind. I thought of Him finding and carrying that little one home on His strong shoulders. I thought Him watching me now, as I walked along.<\/p>\n<p>His eyes <em>always<\/em> see.<\/p>\n<p>I listened to Psalms on audio and was astounded again how the writers knew just how I feel. Their words spoke for me -today. God was near and He understood. He had heard it all before, He was not amazed. He understands. He knows me.<\/p>\n<p>I can trust. Blessings, frustrations, lost sheep, and prodigal children. I am His. Be still and know, He is in control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/strong><em>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3815 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_8576.jpg?resize=595%2C793&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"595\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_8576.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_8576.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a nice long walk this morning, talking to God. Thankful for blessings, amazed over answers to prayer and frustrated that some issues continue&#8230; after years. I thought of the prodigal son&#8216;s father- watching, waiting. I think most parents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/17\/be-still\/\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1420,8,10],"tags":[1012,628,1026,869],"class_list":["post-3814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children","category-devotional","category-practical-life","category-trust","tag-let-go","tag-praying","tag-trusting","tag-waiting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUt4s-Zw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814","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=3814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6302,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions\/6302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}