{"id":3808,"date":"2015-03-19T04:27:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T09:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2015-03-19T04:27:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T09:27:38","slug":"returning-and-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2015\/03\/19\/returning-and-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning and rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Isaiah 30:15-18<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>In what ways do we find ourselves running away from that which we know? Do we have patience with ourselves in acknowledging God\u2019s accompaniment and faithfulness with us?<\/div>\n
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\n Prayer<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nO Lord, you are the Source of what is right and true, and you are home. Thank you for your guidance and for your strength. Please have patience with us as we wander and run instead of looking to you and your direction.<\/p>\n

~ Kristen Hoffman<\/span>, Coordinator, CCS and National Junior High Conference<\/p>\n

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s\u00a0Lent<\/span> Devotional<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>written by\u00a0Craig H. Smith<\/em>, district executive for the Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren and ordained minister. (Available from\u00a0Brethren Press<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in<\/span> <\/span>print and E-Book formats). Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Craig’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em>his\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isaiah 30:15-18 Question: In what ways do we find ourselves running away from that which we know? Do we have patience with ourselves in acknowledging God\u2019s accompaniment and faithfulness with us? Prayer: O Lord, you are the Source of what is right and true, and you are home. Thank you for your guidance and for<\/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":[432,687,879],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-faithfulness","tag-lent","tag-patience"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","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=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}