{"id":1960,"date":"2015-12-29T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abidingfathers.org\/?p=664"},"modified":"2015-12-29T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T19:10:46","slug":"amazement-and-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/2015\/12\/29\/amazement-and-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazement and Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Just reflecting\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Amazement and wonder, we literally stand in awe;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Beginning with creation and what the shepherds saw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every sunset is a testimony of His love for beauty;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The flowers and birds shout acclamation to the Trinity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">An ocean view, a howling wind and a deep blue sky;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A youngster\u2019s laugh, a full moon, even a baby\u2019s cry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every star-filled night, eagles soaring, a turtle\u2019s slow crawl;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Begs us to understand, His perfect love designed it all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The mind and heart of man, the soul that endures;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Everything we see and touch simply reassures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The seasons that each year like clockwork come and go;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rain, sunshine, clouds, ice storms, falling leaves and snow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Squirrels scampering up a tree, doves cooing nearby;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Not one sparrow falls to the ground that escapes his watchful eye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nothing is a result of chance or the mind of man;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Take time to watch the intense joy of a kid playing in the sand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Flying a kite, fishing in a pond, running across a meadow;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Swimming a lake, climbing a hill or chasing your shadow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Loving and being loved by your favorite cat or dog;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standing on a mountaintop, riding a horse, walking in a dense fog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A simple, dirty cattle stall, a miraculous birth so profound;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Grace was born, mercy came alive, and unconditional love abounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Everything is a mystery and we are challenged to explore;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018Cause in God\u2019s boundless creation, there is always so much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Just reflecting\u2026 \u00a0Amazement and wonder, we literally stand in awe; Beginning with creation and what the shepherds saw. Every sunset is a testimony of His love for beauty; The flowers and birds shout acclamation to the Trinity. An ocean view, a howling wind and a deep blue sky; A youngster\u2019s laugh, a full moon, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[61,130],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abiding","tag-bcd","tag-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}