{"id":12471,"date":"2025-06-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12471"},"modified":"2025-06-15T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T19:02:56","slug":"a-soft-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12471","title":{"rendered":"A Soft Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oh, that they would answer softly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monday, June 16, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And help the world avoid WW III!<\/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\/06\/16.PS20250615_005654267.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16.PS20250615_005654267.jpg 288w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16.PS20250615_005654267-169x300.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>Hard Metal, Soft Wood, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>At Peace <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>for now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Proverbs 15:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2 Timothy 1:13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Words of Grace for Today &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bombing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">drone strikes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">missiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">destruction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">death<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is there no way to resolve these things without so much livid hatred and harsh words<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">followed by destruction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of course there is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there is a cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to answering softly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practice it in daily life and then maybe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we are in a position to critique, advise, and save those with the power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">turn the world to war<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">yet again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, that they would answer softly Monday, June 16, 2025 And help the world avoid WW III! Hard Metal, Soft Wood, At Peace &#8230; for now. Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. . 2 Timothy 1:13 Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12471\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Soft Answer&#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":[19,29,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grass","category-perspective","category-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12471","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=12471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12477,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12471\/revisions\/12477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}