{"id":12313,"date":"2025-03-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12313"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:49:29","slug":"gods-holy-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12313","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Holy Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defiled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">All Creation Holy and Defiled<\/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\/2025\/03\/29.PS20250324_011353910.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/29.PS20250324_011353910.jpg 288w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/29.PS20250324_011353910-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 85vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">All <em>Is Holy,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>All Of It,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Wonders And All<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Habakkuk 2:20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mark 11:17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>He was teaching and saying, \u2018Is it not written, \u201cMy house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations\u201d? But you have made it a den of robbers.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words of Grace for Today &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So often we think of God as being there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>over there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in that place,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that one holy place,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or one of many holy places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like churches, Temples, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We make rules of how we are to behave in those special, holy places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good rules and traditions of hallowed places of prayer, worship, singing, giving thanks, feasting, welcoming all and sharing with everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which frees us to behave otherwise in all our places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that we are so good at that even in those special hallowed places we have behaved horrendously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God is everywhere in all creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All our places are first and foremost God\u2019s places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our behaviour in \u2018holy places\u2019 as well as everywhere, should be governed by our following Jesus example, and the example of many, many saints who have gone before us, and who walk among us even today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reverence, prayers of gratitude, prayers of intercession, and acts of selfless love, acts of justice, acts of bringing equality to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping God\u2019s hallowed places holy, means keeping all creation holy, us included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defiled Saturday, March 29, 2025 All Creation Holy and Defiled All Is Holy, All Of It, Wonders And All Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him! . 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