{"id":727,"date":"2019-06-15T16:37:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T16:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2019-06-15T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T16:37:28","slug":"parenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"\u201cParenting\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.\u201d Psalm 103:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applying God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were only able to have one child and we named her Jacqueline. I feel incredibly blessed that God has allowed me to witness forty-five years of her life, so far.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, God has witnessed all the years of my life. I have to say that He has done so with great patience, compassion and love.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing God has taught me the importance of embracing His patience and His compassion for our daughter. Doing so has helped me see her with God\u2019s eyes and love her with His heart.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this Father\u2019s Day, I want to thank God for allowing me to be a parent. I want to thank our daughter for being so patient and loving while I was obtaining all the on-the-job training that I needed to be a better parent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Father\u2019s Day! Happy Parent\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cAs a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.\u201d Psalm 103:13 Applying God\u2019s Word We were only able to have one child and we named her Jacqueline. I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=727\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727","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=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}