{"id":930,"date":"2021-03-01T10:50:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=930"},"modified":"2021-03-01T10:50:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:50:07","slug":"reflection-from-cherie-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-cherie-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from Cherie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cherie-Reflection-3-1-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cherie-Reflection-3-1-21.jpg 695w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cherie-Reflection-3-1-21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Gift of What If<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A question crossed my mind yesterday while I was listening to church on Zoom, \u201cWhat if I knew then what I know now?\u201d I suppose I\u2019m approaching a slippery slope anytime I ask myself a question that starts with a \u201cwhat if.\u201d But there it was like a big blinking sign on the side of a highway begging for my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two things happened when I paused for a moment to consider my answer. One was the arrival of a big \u201cwow!\u201d Every single thing would be different. Not necessarily better, but absolutely different. Even one altered decision would have had a domino effect on all the others and it would have altered so many things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second was followed by an even bigger \u201cwow!\u201d I suddenly saw myself unable to go backward in time, but definitely moving forward in time. So instead of asking, \u201cWhat if I knew then what I know now?\u201d I asked myself, \u201cWhat if I use what I know now to intentionally guide, shape and inform where I will be?\u201d The things I know now may not be able to reshape my past, but they hold the potential to shape my future in amazing ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe I am at a fork in life\u2019s road, maybe we all are. Life moves fast and knowing and deciding are things to use with respect. I hope when I live another five, ten, or twenty years I\u2019ll look back and say, \u201cI\u2019m so glad I knew what I did then and used it to better my life and those around me in beautifully intentional ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maya Angelou wisely shared, \u201cWhen we know better, we do better.\u201d May those words serve as both our lighthouse and our benediction today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cherie Shaw, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gift of What If A question crossed my mind yesterday while I was listening to church on Zoom, \u201cWhat if I knew then what I know now?\u201d I suppose I\u2019m approaching a slippery slope anytime I ask myself a question that starts with a \u201cwhat if.\u201d But there it was like a big blinking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-cherie-13\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection from Cherie<\/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-930","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\/930","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=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}