{"id":949,"date":"2024-07-10T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/?p=949"},"modified":"2024-07-04T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:53:59","slug":"10th-17th-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"10th &#038; 17th July 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meditation Verse: Psalm 28 \u201cBe our shepherd and carry us forever\u201d &amp; Psalm 29 \u201cMay the Lord bless His people with peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am on holiday next week so have combined the next 2 weeks into one blog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faithful One - Brian Doerksen [with lyrics]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PjSO5Ihl0M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been listening to Faithful One over the past week and felt it appropriate for Psalms 28 &amp; 29 where David is under attack and leans heavily on God.&nbsp; In Psalm 28 David talks about people whose words don\u2019t match their hearts.&nbsp; I find this challenging and every morning I ask that I may show love and compassion in the day ahead both to others and myself.&nbsp; Interestingly, if a sticky situation crops up I often say to myself, \u201cnow was that showing love and compassion Fiona?\u201d&nbsp; I find it helps to moderate my responses and keep calm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Psalm 29 we are worshipping our creator God in the most stormy way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>The voice of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;strikes<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with flashes of lightning.<br><strong><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>The voice of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;shakes the desert;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;shakes the Desert of Kadesh.<br><strong><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>The voice of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;twists the oaks<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%2029&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-14318c\">c<\/a>]<\/sup><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and strips the forests bare.<br>And in his temple all cry, \u201cGlory!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I travel to spend the week on the south west coast with a questionable forecast I shall be reminded of this images as I watch the wind and the waves.&nbsp; Hope you have a peaceful couple of weeks and I\u2019ll let you know how it goes when I get back no doubt!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meditation Verse: Psalm 28 \u201cBe our shepherd and carry us forever\u201d &amp; Psalm 29 \u201cMay the Lord bless His people<\/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-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","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=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}