{"id":12757,"date":"2026-05-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12757"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:08:19","slug":"word-dwelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12757","title":{"rendered":"Word Dwelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Or dwelling in the Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, May 21, 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Or just wishing for a dwelling?<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21PSHobbitHouseinAB.CBC_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21PSHobbitHouseinAB.CBC_.jpg 512w, https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21PSHobbitHouseinAB.CBC_-300x133.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>No matter our situation, even in a \u2018Hobbit House\u2019,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>God\u2019s great deeds abound,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>giving us cause to give God thanks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>with all we are and have.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 150:2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Praise him for his mighty deeds;<br>praise him according to his surpassing greatness!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Colossians 3:16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.<\/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\">So much is said calling people to \u201cdwell in the Word\u201d, as if we could somehow take up residence in God\u2019s Word. As if we could determine our presence in God\u2019s Word! Such hubris!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are capable only of \u2018letting\u2019 God\u2019s Word be in us (of not standing in the way of or not choosing to deny that God has placed God\u2019s Word be in us) the Word of Jesus, the Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is much that we can strive for, for many it is simply to have a dwelling, a physical place of safety and love on this planet wherein we can thrive and love, and give God thanks. Those with dwellings so soon forget how easy it is to lose one\u2019s dwelling, through recklessness or through no fault of one\u2019s own. A dwelling is not to be taken for granted, nor ought we cease all efforts to ensure all have a safe dwelling in which to thrive and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter our situation, God\u2019s great deeds abound, giving us cause to give God thanks with all we are and have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will we do that today!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or dwelling in the Word Thursday, May 21, 2026 Or just wishing for a dwelling? No matter our situation, even in a \u2018Hobbit House\u2019, God\u2019s great deeds abound, giving us cause to give God thanks with all we are and have. Psalm 150:2 Praise him for his mighty deeds;praise him according to his surpassing greatness! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12757\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Word Dwelling&#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":[19,61,104,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grass","category-imagine","category-thanks","category-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757","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=12757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12764,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions\/12764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}