{"id":1656,"date":"2013-02-24T05:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T10:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2013-02-24T05:40:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T10:40:21","slug":"in-too-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/02\/24\/in-too-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"In too-plain sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525\" alt=\"Lent 2013 Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/02\/Lent-2013-Cover.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #2040a3\"><strong>Psalm 27<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2040a3\">Question for reflection:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Assume for a moment that you saw evidence of God\u2019s presence in your life today \/ yesterday, but also that you missed recognizing it. Think back over the events of your day. When did you feel close to God? When did you feel far from God? Where might God have been working in you \/ your life even if that work seems unfinished as you reflect on it?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2040a3\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<i>As you breathe in:<\/i> \u201cOpen the eyes of my heart, Lord.\u201d <i>As you breathe out:<\/i> \u201cI want to see you!\u201d <i>Repeat.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>~ Becky Ullom Naugle, Director for Youth and Young Adult Ministry<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><em><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s L<\/em>enten devotional, <span style=\"color: #2040a3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=practice+of+paying&amp;Search.x=8&amp;Search.y=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2040a3\">The Practice of Paying Attention<\/span><\/a><\/span>, written by Dana Cassell, Minister of Youth Formation at the Manassas Church of the Brethren. <em>(Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #2040a3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #2040a3\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0in print and E-Book formats)\u00a0<em>Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Walt&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Psalm 27 Question for reflection: Assume for a moment that you saw evidence of God\u2019s presence in your life today \/ yesterday, but also that you missed recognizing it. Think back over the events of your day. When did you feel close to God? When did you feel far from God? Where might God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[418,510,687,921,970,1029],"class_list":["post-1656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-eyes","tag-gods-presence","tag-lent","tag-prayer","tag-recognize-god","tag-see"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}