{"id":12758,"date":"2026-05-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12758"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:11:08","slug":"accept-the-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12758","title":{"rendered":"Accept the Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(of Faith) And See<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Friday, May 22, 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

How Much God Loves You<\/h3>\n\n\n
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We live,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

not within the confines of a small life,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

as if trapped in the cauldron of a freshly fire-brick lined wood stove.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, we live in God\u2019s Good Creation<\/em>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

loved profoundly and immensely!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deuteronomy 10:21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is your praise; he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 16:27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace for Today –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much happens all around us that we do not notice, so driven and busy we are trying to make it through the chaos of this day, to get to the chaos of the next day, to somehow arrive at a moment of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having received the gift of faith, of belief, (of trusting that God loves us, and has demonstrated that (through Jesus\u2019 birth, ministry of word and healing and presence, death and resurrection) how can we not take at least a bit of time and energy each day to notice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what great and awesome things God has done for us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love just sits there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

stands there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moves there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

right in front of us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and all around,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

love just moves the world and us in it, to notice and be that love for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, another day, another 24 hours of opportunities to notice,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and to give God praise and thanks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

as God created and redeems us to be … Love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live, not within the confines of a small life, as if trapped in the cauldron of a freshly fire-brick lined wood stove. No, we live in God\u2019s Good Creation, loved profoundly and immensely!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(of Faith) And See Friday, May 22, 2026 How Much God Loves You We live, not within the confines of a small life, as if trapped in the cauldron of a freshly fire-brick lined wood stove. No, we live in God\u2019s Good Creation, loved profoundly and immensely! Deuteronomy 10:21 He is your praise; he is … Continue reading “Accept the Gift”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perspective"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12758","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=12758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12766,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12758\/revisions\/12766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}