{"id":11121,"date":"2023-08-28T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11121"},"modified":"2023-08-25T10:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:53:03","slug":"morning-dew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11121","title":{"rendered":"Morning Dew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Monday, August 28, 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/28.PS20230824_143000188.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/28.PS20230824_143000188.jpg 288w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/28.PS20230824_143000188-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 85vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The Morning Drips Fresh From Imperfections, Too.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Second Samuel 23:3-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: One who rules over people justly, ruling in the fear of God, is like the light of morning, like the sun rising on a cloudless morning, gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew 11:29<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rulers dominate to make their wishes realities, with people falling into line to make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders inspire and listen to the people they lead, bringing the best tomorrows into today, for all peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not by dominating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather with gentleness and humility (if we can imagine the all powerful God being humble!), guiding us to life unequalled in blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So each new morning, with sunshine on the grass moist from the night rains or clouds dark over parched lands or cold gripping even one\u2019s breath in a stranglehold [and all things of mornings], we<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>can smile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>hope again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that this day will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bring love and wonders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to play and dance through our hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>until the night falls fully over the grass, trees and dirt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that is our home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eh you say again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And God answers with a fresh smiling breeze of sunshine warm on our hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, August 28, 2023 The Morning Drips Fresh From Imperfections, Too. Second Samuel 23:3-4 The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: One who rules over people justly, ruling in the fear of God, is like the light of morning, like the sun rising on a cloudless morning, gleaming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11121\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Morning Dew&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23,88,63,66,43,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breathe","category-lake","category-love-and-hope","category-morning-time-of-day","category-rain","category-summer","category-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11126,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11121\/revisions\/11126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}