{"id":890,"date":"2021-02-19T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=890"},"modified":"2021-02-19T08:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:54:13","slug":"reflection-from-marianne-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-marianne-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from Marianne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marianne-photo-2-19-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marianne-photo-2-19-21.jpg 480w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Marianne-photo-2-19-21-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It finally happened this week; I saw the first signs of Spring!&nbsp; Outside my window, I saw my first Robin with its magnificent red breast foraging around in the earth looking for tasty worms and other insects to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That same afternoon, I went to the local Trader Joe\u2019s and was greeted by an explosion of Spring flowers \u2013 daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, and azalea plants. I nearly wept with joy right there in the middle of the store to see their gloriousness blooming in every color of the rainbow. I heard the tulip plants calling out. \u201cTake me home and let me brighten your day with radiance!\u201d&nbsp; I heeded their call and selected a plant with tulips the color of a spectacular sunset.&nbsp; This jewel of a plant is nestled by a window and flourishing in the sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These signs of spring are small, yet I find myself savoring their presence and promise of new life after a long, dark winter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Serious Frivolity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernadette Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Savoring the substance<br>of existence<br>is a serious<br>frivolity.<br>Someone must do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone must love<br>luminous hours when leaves<br>marry light and refuse<br>to stop<br>shining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone must speak<br>the sweetness<br>of lilacs<br>before it is lost<br>beneath smog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone must bask<br>in the beauty of blessing<br>because the news knows only<br>brokenness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you give yourself<br>to a particular place<br>the power<br>and peace<br>of that place<br>give themselves<br>through you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So savoring the substance<br>of existence<br>is a serious frivolity.<br>Someone must do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will that someone<br>be you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May you savor the delights of spring and the blossoming of new life that is coming into being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Marianne DiBlasi, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It finally happened this week; I saw the first signs of Spring!&nbsp; Outside my window, I saw my first Robin with its magnificent red breast foraging around in the earth looking for tasty worms and other insects to eat. That same afternoon, I went to the local Trader Joe\u2019s and was greeted by an explosion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-marianne-11\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection from Marianne<\/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-890","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\/890","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=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}