{"id":43068,"date":"2015-03-04T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=43068"},"modified":"2015-03-04T05:00:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T11:00:27","slug":"rhons-early-morning-inspiration-for-wednesday-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/04\/rhons-early-morning-inspiration-for-wednesday-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhon&#8217;s Early Morning Inspiration For Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/rhonsinspirationdaily2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33245\" src=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/rhonsinspirationdaily2014.jpg\" alt=\"RhonsInspirationDaily2014\" width=\"720\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">Rhonnie Scheuerman&#8217;s Early Morning Inspiration For All In Need Of Some<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/maritzoriginalletters2013wednesday.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17657\" src=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/maritzoriginalletters2013wednesday.png\" alt=\"MaritzOriginalLetters2013wednesday\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:xx-large;\">A PRAYER FOR WINTER<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Forgive me Father, but I am not overly fond of winter and sometimes wonder why You made it.\u00a0 I need warm weather to do the things I love: gardening&#8230;biking&#8230;fishing.\u00a0 Even my prayers are better, offered under a starry, summer sky.\u00a0 In winter, You take away my toys and send me to my room, like I am being punished.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, Lord I can see Your wisdom in winter.\u00a0 It&#8217;s kind of Sabbath, isn&#8217;t i?\u00a0 You force me to slow down so that I will last longer.\u00a0 In summer I work and play so hard that my joints are throbbing by October, and my skin is leathery from the hot sun.\u00a0 But by spring, my joints are flexible and my face is smooth.\u00a0 In the summer my brain gets lazy from disuse, but in the wintertime I rediscover books and conversation.<\/p>\n<p>I hate to admit it, Lord but winter can be useful.\u00a0 The cold air forces me indoors where I can enjoy cozy fellowship with my family, around the fireplace.\u00a0 The white snow reminds me of Your grace, which cleanses me of my sins.\u00a0 Your stars are glorious on a cold, December \u00a0night, and the darkest time of the year is the perfect time for a huge party, like Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>And so, Lord, reluctantly, grudgingly, I thank You for winter.\u00a0 But please, God couldn&#8217;t you make it just a little bit shorter? &#8230;&#8230;.Daniel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:large;\">Author\u00a0 :\u00a0DANIAL SCHANTZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhonnie Scheuerman&#8217;s Early Morning Inspiration For All In Need Of Some A PRAYER FOR WINTER Forgive me Father, but I am not overly fond of winter and sometimes wonder why You made it.\u00a0 I need warm weather to do the things I love: gardening&#8230;biking&#8230;fishing.\u00a0 Even my prayers are better, offered under a starry, summer sky.\u00a0 In winter, You take away my toys and send me to my room, like I am being punished. And yet, Lord I can see Your wisdom in winter.\u00a0 It&#8217;s kind of Sabbath, isn&#8217;t i?\u00a0 You<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/04\/rhons-early-morning-inspiration-for-wednesday-36\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33245,"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\/43068"}],"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=43068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43068\/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=43068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}