{"id":385,"date":"2013-08-28T15:11:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T20:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2016-11-02T19:04:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T00:04:58","slug":"385","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/28\/385\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Minute Friday: Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/worshipthekingweb.jpg\" alt=\"worshipthekingweb\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/worshipthekingweb.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/worshipthekingweb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;\">The white hot sun is lowering itself in the sky as I aimlessly float on the pool. I look up at the expanse of that deep in the \u00a0heart of Texas \u00a0blue sky, bleached pale by the sun&#8217;s scorching stare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;\">The wisps \u00a0of clouds look like runaway stray hairs. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;\">Long. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Trailing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;\">As if God was rearranging it with His fingers. I bask in the goodness He gives &#8211; the cool water, the trees-those crape myrtles that flourish and thrive in the heat. Their blooms full-tilt in your face. White, pale pink, hot pink, lavender and my favorite, the deep red ones all painted from God&#8217;s palette. The doves \u00a0calling to each other as they fly around trying to cool their wings, the squirrels chasing each other up the tree trunks. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I see all this and more and am so grateful. I am reminded of how much He loves me when I am surrounded by His creation.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This is my worship today.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Here.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">With His creation that shouts:\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;See me? He made me!&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Noteworthy-Light; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Then Jesus said to his disciples:\u00a0\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.\u00a0And how much more valuable you are than birds! 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I look up at the expanse of that deep in the \u00a0heart of Texas \u00a0blue sky, bleached pale by the sun&#8217;s scorching stare.\u00a0 The wisps \u00a0of clouds look like runaway stray hairs. \u00a0 Long. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230; <a title=\"Five Minute Friday: Worship\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/28\/385\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Five Minute Friday: Worship\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[96,84,128],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-five-minute-fridays","tag-5minute-fridays","tag-fmf","tag-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}