{"id":14701,"date":"2015-01-30T07:27:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=14701"},"modified":"2015-01-30T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T13:29:00","slug":"listen-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/listen-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"He&#8217;s got your back&#8211; and your plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/from-my-journal-post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11351 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/from-my-journal-post.jpg\" alt=\"from-my-journal-post\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/from-my-journal-post.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/from-my-journal-post-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/from-my-journal-post-200x115.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s scripture is one I see people lean on in times of trouble, but it&#8217;s one I smile about in times of joy, too. Actually it makes me smile a LOT in times of joy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trust in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;Proverbs 3:5-6<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t understand\u00a0why God places so many gifts in my life, but he sure does and I am not going to question Him. Sometimes I wonder if I just notice the gifts He leaves me more than others see theirs at times. I don&#8217;t think I am any more blessed, I just stop take notice and acknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>I also don&#8217;t understand the twists and turns my life has taken, but the more I look back on them, I can see that master plan and all the pieces that fit together so beautifully in hindsight. Looking forward I am still puzzled, but it&#8217;s not up to me to know what&#8217;s ahead. It&#8217;s just up to me to listen to Him, to trust in Him and to move forward doing my best to follow his guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, bad stuff happens, too. Yep, even really bad stuff. And I don&#8217;t get that. But I can&#8217;t let those bad things pull me down.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s there. He understands the big picture. I love it when I take notice of that. It certainly makes my heart sing.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? Look back&#8211; can you see Him there?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s scripture is one I see people lean on in times of trouble, but it&#8217;s one I smile about in times of joy, too. Actually it makes me smile a LOT in times of joy. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,118],"tags":[188],"class_list":["post-14701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-moms-journal","tag-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701","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=14701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14703,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701\/revisions\/14703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}