{"id":12616,"date":"2025-09-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12616"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:02:06","slug":"given-the-wilds-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12616","title":{"rendered":"Given the Wilds of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We Need Jesus to Do More &#8211; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Than Walk On Water<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, September 12, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We Need God to Stabilize the Water Everywhere!<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/12.PS_.20250818_091640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/12.PS_.20250818_091640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/12.PS_.20250818_091640-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 85vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Storms A\u2019Brewin\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proverbs 3:25-26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or of the storm that strikes the wicked; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew 14:26-27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, \u201cIt is a ghost!\u201d And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, \u201cTake heart, it is I; do not be afraid.\u201d<\/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>it\u2019s just fine to deny that we are the cause of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just go a head and bury your head in the sand,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>so you can carry on blithely, making it so much worse for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now if we\u2019d followed Jimmy Carter\u2019s plan for 20% solar power, started in 1979,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(adapting it in each country, like our own, eh?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019d not be in the such terrible grips of climate change with smoke and wildfires and drought and floods, and storms so wild we\u2019ve never seen the likes of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But wishing doesn\u2019t make it so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And only lots of action, guided by wise thoughts (dreams and prayers as well),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>will make our future a bit better than<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the even worse it is each year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>because<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>we<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>did<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nothing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>counted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now our actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or in-actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>count<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Need Jesus to Do More &#8211; Than Walk On Water Friday, September 12, 2025 We Need God to Stabilize the Water Everywhere! Storms A\u2019Brewin\u2019 Proverbs 3:25-26 Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or of the storm that strikes the wicked; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12616\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Given the Wilds of Climate Change&#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":[55,86,23,91,39,69,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-hope","category-lake","category-shore","category-sky","category-storm","category-stupidity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12616","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=12616"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12623,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12616\/revisions\/12623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}