{"id":12747,"date":"2026-05-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12747"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:59:47","slug":"glory-hallelujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12747","title":{"rendered":"Glory Hallelujah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(ours or God\u2019s)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, May 18, 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Seekin\u2019 a Step Up for Our Own, or &#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/18PS20251022_190137_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/18PS20251022_190137_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/18PS20251022_190137_resized-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 85vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Letting God Shine Through Us!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psalm 115:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,<br>for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 7:18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.<\/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 all okay to take on each day\u2019s challenges, feeling overwhelmed, and working like everything depends on one\u2019s own success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s okay, but futile and in the end just senselessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To live (aware and counting on and trusting the gifts the Holy Spirit gives us) is the greatest adventure we can ever know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether one faces enemies\u2019 attacks, or others\u2019 diseases, depressions, and perversions, or the struggle to have the basics for life &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever one faces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the only way to actually face it all and live through it (not escaping some side road to a half life or less) is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to trust God\u2019s promises<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and with all one is and does and speaks and writes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to give God praise, to turn any and all glory towards God\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We sing hallelujahs, in thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ours or God\u2019s) Monday, May 18, 2026 Seekin\u2019 a Step Up for Our Own, or &#8230; Letting God Shine Through Us! Psalm 115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness. . John 7:18 Those who speak on their own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12747\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Glory Hallelujah&#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":[83,84,23,91,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-and-light","category-evening","category-lake","category-shore","category-sky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12747","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=12747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12753,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12747\/revisions\/12753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}