{"id":628,"date":"2020-12-29T08:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=628"},"modified":"2020-12-29T08:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T13:44:07","slug":"reflection-from-john-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-john-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-T-Reflection-12-29-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-T-Reflection-12-29-20.jpg 564w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-T-Reflection-12-29-20-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening my eyes to my surroundings also opens me to the possibility of hope and insight. My favorite surroundings are woods, in any season. I go there daily, even if it is a fleeting visit in my imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The late poet Mary Oliver wrote a poem about eyes being opened to hope and comfort \u2013 \u201cWhen I am Among Trees\u201d \u2013 in summertime, but it resonates for me in midwinter, too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When I am among the trees,<br>especially the willows and the honey locust,<br>equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,<br>they give off such hints of gladness.<br>I would almost say that they save me, and daily.<\/p><p>I am so distant from the hope of myself,<br>in which I have goodness, and discernment,<br>and never hurry through the world<br>but walk slowly, and bow often.<\/p><p>Around me the trees stir in their leaves<br>and call out, \u201cStay awhile.\u201d<br>The light flows from their branches.<\/p><p>And they call again, \u201cIt&#8217;s simple,\u201d they say,<br>\u201cand you too have come<br>into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled<br>with light, and to shine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; John Terauds, CPE Intern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening my eyes to my surroundings also opens me to the possibility of hope and insight. My favorite surroundings are woods, in any season. I go there daily, even if it is a fleeting visit in my imagination. The late poet Mary Oliver wrote a poem about eyes being opened to hope and comfort \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-john-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection from John<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}