{"id":7616,"date":"2011-08-16T06:45:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T11:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=7616"},"modified":"2011-08-16T06:45:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T11:45:23","slug":"burning-coals-on-my-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20110816-7616.htm","title":{"rendered":"Burning coals on my head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am the world&#8217;s worst neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>I let my grass go so long I had to use my hedge-clippers to get the crab grass short enough to mow.<\/p>\n<p>No joke.<\/p>\n<p>So when my neighbor starts his lawn mower when I&#8217;ve decided to at last tackle the front yard, I&#8217;m feeling serious guilt.<\/p>\n<p>I see him glance over at my old-fashioned mower taking its hundred passes. <\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s done with his front yard and moves on to his back.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s mowing a little extra, taking a few feet out of <i>my<\/i> backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of returning my negligence, he&#8217;s showing me kindness.<\/p>\n<p>My hair&#8217;s almost on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Darn it all. Now I feel obligated to mow the BACK YARD too.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t even <i>attempted<\/i> that since the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, &#8220;Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.&#8221; To the contrary, &#8220;if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.&#8221;<br \/>\n~Romans 12:19-20 (ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am the world&#8217;s worst neighbor. I let my grass go so long I had to use my hedge-clippers to get the crab grass short enough to mow. No joke. So when my neighbor starts his lawn mower when I&#8217;ve decided to at last tackle the front yard, I&#8217;m feeling serious guilt. I see him &#8230; <a title=\"Burning coals on my head\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20110816-7616.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burning coals on my head<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616"}],"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=7616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}