{"id":786,"date":"2023-06-21T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T06:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/?p=786"},"modified":"2023-06-13T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:17:48","slug":"14th-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/?p=786","title":{"rendered":"21st June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Weekly Meditation Verse: Psalm 127 \u201cHe gives His beloved sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have never had any trouble sleeping since being a child, however as I get older it can take longer to nod off and I seem to wake up earlier \u2013 this may have something to do with the cats wanting breakfast though!&nbsp; How often do you lay down your head at the end of a busy day just to find thoughts flying round your mind?&nbsp; I think Psalm 127 is reminding us that if we rely totally on God, we should be able to rest in the knowledge that He has things under control.&nbsp; As you read this, I will be setting off for the Baptist Assembly in Telford, after months of thinking and planning, I hope to sleep well over a busy weekend, I know that however my efforts turn out, God will ensure the wellbeing message reaches the right people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm 23:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is my&nbsp;shepherd; I shall not&nbsp;want.<br><strong><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He makes me lie down in green&nbsp;pastures.<br>He leads me beside still waters.<br><strong><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He&nbsp;restores my soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Meditation Verse: Psalm 127 \u201cHe gives His beloved sleep.\u201d I have never had any trouble sleeping since being a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}