{"id":11953,"date":"2024-09-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11953"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:02:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:02:34","slug":"losing-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11953","title":{"rendered":"Losing to Win?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a Pain!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, September 12, 2024<\/h1>\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\/2024\/09\/12.PS20231002_010406801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12.PS20231002_010406801.jpg 288w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12.PS20231002_010406801-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 85vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why is it that there\u2019s always a stone in the way?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 82:3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1 Thessalonians 3:12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Words of Grace For Today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a secret to life, well it is a well know secret, so not really a secret, but a key to succeeding in life in the things that really count,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">which is not power, money, or fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is in living as one who reflects for all people God\u2019s love, compassion, grace, and healing power for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That key is that saving one\u2019s own life is a disaster in the making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing one\u2019s life for another human is great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing one\u2019s life for Jesus\u2019 sake and for the sake of the Gospel, so that God\u2019s boundless love, compassion, grace and healing is known by others, now that is what we were created for and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">living that way is to succeed at life, where it really counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">yet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">losing one\u2019s life for others to know God\u2019s love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">still feels like one is losing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">losing life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that, I guess, is the secret. That that pain and suffering is also what life at it\u2019s best is all about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a Pain! Thursday, September 12, 2024 Why is it that there\u2019s always a stone in the way? Psalm 82:3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11953\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Losing to Win?&#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":[18,23,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grace","category-lake","category-rocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11953","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=11953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11955,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11953\/revisions\/11955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}