{"id":1069,"date":"2023-04-01T20:04:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2023-04-01T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T20:04:22","slug":"losing-someone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLosing Someone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d\u00a0he asked. \u201cCome and see, Lord,\u201d they replied. Jesus wept.\u201d John 11:34-35<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t count the times I\u2019ve begged God through my tears to heal someone. Sometimes, He has healed them. At other times He has given me extended time with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m very sure that Jesus mourns when we mourn. Look at His love for Lazarus. That miracle was the beginning of the end for Jesus. It cost Him His life. Love does cost, doesn\u2019t it? It hurts when we are not indifferent and we care enough to cry out to God for someone we love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To love can hurt, but to live life without love is not life at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve lost someone, you will appreciate this 20-minute sermon by Fr. Mike.<\/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=\"Prototype: Tears  + 5th Sunday in Lent (Fr. Mike&#039;s Homily)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKPpB5w57jg?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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Am I living my life without love for others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d\u00a0he asked. \u201cCome and see, Lord,\u201d they replied. Jesus wept.\u201d John 11:34-35 Applying God\u2019s Word I can\u2019t count the times I\u2019ve begged God through my tears to heal someone. Sometimes, He has healed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1069\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}