{"id":10705,"date":"2012-01-26T09:43:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=10705"},"modified":"2012-01-26T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:46:45","slug":"be-patient-things-take-time-acts-24-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/be-patient-things-take-time-acts-24-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Be patient. Things take time. Acts 24 SOAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/02\/acts-in-28-days-with-momstoolbox-com\/acts-post\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10362\" title=\"acts-post\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/acts-post.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/acts-post.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/acts-post-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/acts-post-200x115.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Today&#8217;s reading is Acts 24. I&#8217;m glad to be back posting again. :)<\/p>\n<p>And I guess today&#8217;s SOAP is just a reminder to be patient with myself on that front, too.<\/p>\n<h2>Scripture: Acts 24:27<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Observation:<\/h2>\n<p>TWO YEARS! Paul sat and waited for TWO YEARS and then some! In that time he shared his story and Jesus&#8217; story.<\/p>\n<h2>Application:<\/h2>\n<p>I can be impatient at times. I want things to happen without waiting. I want to see change.<\/p>\n<p>TWO YEARS really grabbed me.<\/p>\n<p>If Paul can be patient sitting in prison, I can be more patient when it comes to my requests.<\/p>\n<p>Change will happen in His time. And, to be honest, I can see it when I really stop and look.<\/p>\n<p>I need to be patient&#8230; with others and also with myself&#8230; while still working toward the goals.<\/p>\n<h2>Prayer:<\/h2>\n<p>Lord, thank you for this reminder.<\/p>\n<p>I will try harder to be more patient. I will remember those TWO YEARS. I will try to remember eternity.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s reading is Acts 24. I&#8217;m glad to be back posting again. :) And I guess today&#8217;s SOAP is just a reminder to be patient with myself on that front, too. Scripture: Acts 24:27 When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant favor to the Jews, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[398],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acts-in-28-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10709,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10705\/revisions\/10709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}