{"id":26614,"date":"2013-11-22T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=26614"},"modified":"2013-11-22T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T11:00:49","slug":"rhons-inspiration-station-how-to-stay-young-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/22\/rhons-inspiration-station-how-to-stay-young-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhon's Inspiration Station: How To Stay Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"inspirationstationNov2013\"“DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT COMPLAINING & DISPUTING”<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUTHOR SHARON HINCK<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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I arrived at church for a planning meeting with two toddlers\u00a0in tow.\u00a0 In<\/span><\/div>\n
the narthex, one broke free and ran off, while the other clung to my legs, whining.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Pastor Miller came out to greet us with a warm smile.\u00a0 “How are\u00a0 you today<\/span>\u00a0?”<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0 I huffed a strand of bangs out of my eyes and winced against a growing headache. \u00a0 “The kids are running me ragged.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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His eyes twinkled.\u00a0 “But isn’t it wonderful that they can?\u00a0 How difficul to be a parent with a child too ill to run and play.”\u00a0 I absorbed that new perspective.<\/span><\/div>\n
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So many of the challenges I complained about were only in my life because of much greater blessings.\u00a0 Could I shift my focus to them and spend a little less time on the complaining?<\/span><\/div>\n
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In the coming days, it became a bit of a contest for me.\u00a0 Each time I heard myself protest about something, I looked,\u00a0 for the blessing I was missing.\u00a0 The car stalled out on a cold morning, but that problem only existed because \u00a0we had cars and didn’t need to take a bus or train to work or doing outside chores.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0My calendar stressed me out with a packed <\/span>schedule, but it was a gift that we all had the health to participate in so many events.\u00a0 My husband had to\u00a0work late, but the fact that he had a job was a blessing.\u00a0 Piles of laundry, dishes to wash and bathrooms to clean were no longer a reason to complain but a chance to thank God for the bounty in my life.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Heavenly \u00a0Father, thank You for all the gifts You’ve poured into my life.\u00a0 When my day feels difficult, help me notice the blessing behind the challenge and turn my complaints into praise.<\/span><\/div>\n
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“DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT COMPLAINING AND DISPUTING <\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -PHILIPPIANS 2:14<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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and please leave your<\/span> valued comments ! God is faithful! Rhon<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT COMPLAINING & DISPUTING” AUTHOR SHARON HINCK I arrived at church for a planning meeting with two toddlers\u00a0in tow.\u00a0 In the narthex, one broke free and ran off, while the other clung to my legs, whining. \u00a0\u00a0 Pastor Miller came out to greet us with a warm smile.\u00a0 “How are\u00a0 you today\u00a0?” \u00a0 I huffed a strand of bangs out of my eyes and winced against a growing headache. \u00a0 “The kids are running me ragged.” His eyes twinkled.\u00a0 “But isn’t it wonderful that they can?\u00a0 How<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}