{"id":6769,"date":"2011-03-28T07:58:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T12:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=6769"},"modified":"2011-03-28T07:58:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T12:58:52","slug":"wiw-contemplation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20110328-6769.htm","title":{"rendered":"WiW: Contemplation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/barbarah.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Week in Words\" src=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/images\/buttons\/weekinwords.jpg\"  class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"207\" width=\"277\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;don\u2019t spend a lot of time in contemplation unless you\u2019re contemplating Jesus.&#8221;<br \/>\n~Taylor Buzzard, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzardblog.com\/2011\/03\/18\/contemplation-gets-dangerous-when-jesus-isnt-at-the-center\" target=\"_blank\">Buzzard Blog<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Words this contemplative needs to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Contemplating my current juggle of work, family, church, friends, blogging. <\/p>\n<p>It overwhelms.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;don\u2019t spend a lot of time in contemplation unless you\u2019re contemplating Jesus.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Contemplating the world and its  politics and wars and rumours of war.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;don\u2019t spend a lot of time in contemplation unless you\u2019re contemplating Jesus.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Contemplating the future and all of its uncertainties.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;don\u2019t spend a lot of time in contemplation unless you\u2019re contemplating Jesus.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Contemplating the things of this world will only make me a woman of this world. Contemplating dead things will only make me a dead woman. Contemplating the flesh will only serve to strengthen the flesh.<\/p>\n<p>So contemplate Jesus, Rebekah. Contemplate Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Contemplate the One who has overcome this world. Contemplate the One who has overcome the grave. Contemplate the One who crucifies and raises your dead flesh.<\/p>\n<p>Contemplate Christ.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You are beautiful beyond description<br \/>\nYet God crushed You for my sin<br \/>\nIn agony and deep affliction<br \/>\nCut off that I might enter in<br \/>\nWho can grasp such tender compassion<br \/>\nWho can fathom this mercy so free<br \/>\nYou are beautiful beyond description<br \/>\nLamb of God who died for me.<\/p>\n<p><i>And I stand I stand in awe of You<br \/>\nI stand I stand in awe of You<br \/>\nHoly God to whom all praise is due<br \/>\nI stand in awe of You<\/i><\/p>\n<p>~Lyrics to <i>I Stand in Awe<\/i>, verse 2, via <a href=\"http:\/\/julianfreeman.ca\/church\/sing-all-the-verses\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Freeman<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Don&#8217;t forget to take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/barbarah.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/28\/the-week-in-words-59\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara H&#8217;s<\/a> meme &#8220;The Week in Words&#8221;, where bloggers collect quotes they&#8217;ve read throughout the week. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;don\u2019t spend a lot of time in contemplation unless you\u2019re contemplating Jesus.&#8221; ~Taylor Buzzard, via Buzzard Blog Words this contemplative needs to hear. Contemplating my current juggle of work, family, church, friends, blogging. It overwhelms. &#8220;&#8230;don\u2019t spend a lot of time in contemplation unless you\u2019re contemplating Jesus.&#8221; Contemplating the world and its politics and wars &#8230; <a title=\"WiW: Contemplation\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20110328-6769.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WiW: Contemplation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6769"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}