{"id":11961,"date":"2024-09-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2024-09-14T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:01:10","slug":"the-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11961","title":{"rendered":"The Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Too Full<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday, September 14, 2024<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14.PS20231129_230340858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14.PS20231129_230340858.jpg 512w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14.PS20231129_230340858-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 85vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Even Paradise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Can Seem<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Too Much!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 94:19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luke 22:42-43<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jesus spoke, \u2018Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.\u2019 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength.<\/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\">Too often there are just so many things competing for attention and accomplishment and concern and and and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">where do we find the energy, time, and heart to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">anything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only then when the Holy Spirit intervenes do we find peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to move onward in the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">doing what is necessary and good,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thanking God for everything that keeps us alive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and praying that God will forgive our sins, too many as they always are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So then<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we move into the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ready to bless all we encounter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with God\u2019s Grace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God\u2019s costly Grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which sometimes is a cup we would rather not bear, not at all, not at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet we move into the day trusting that God\u2019s will will be done, and God<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">through it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too Full Saturday, September 14, 2024 Even Paradise Can Seem Too Much! Psalm 94:19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. Luke 22:42-43 Jesus spoke, \u2018Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.\u2019 Then an angel from heaven appeared &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11961\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Cup&#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":[54,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breathe","category-sky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961","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=11961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11964,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11961\/revisions\/11964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}