{"id":3345,"date":"2010-06-22T08:31:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2011-10-01T08:11:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:11:04","slug":"psalms-soap-i-dont-want-to-build-in-vain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/psalms-soap-i-dont-want-to-build-in-vain\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalms SOAP: I don&#8217;t want to build in vain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Reading: Psalms 125-129<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture: Psalm 127:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unless the Lord builds the house,<\/p>\n<p>its buildier build in vain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation: <\/strong>Unless you are following God&#8217;s plan, your work will not bear true fruit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> I want to do so much and often I feel as though I am overwhelmed and working so hard yet getting nothing done.<\/p>\n<p>What am I doing or building that is not in God&#8217;s will for me? Where am I building without Him?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it is hard for me to tell what I should be doing and what I should let go. I want to accomplish so much. (And by accomplish, I very much include meal prep and all those mom jobs.) But I must be taking on more than I should or else it would be easier or at least more focused. What am I building in vain? What can I let go?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, I feel way too overwhelmned way too much of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Show me not only what to cut back on but how to cut back on those efforts, as well.<\/p>\n<p>I want to build only what you havein mind for me. I want to follow your plan.<\/p>\n<p>Please, Lord, guide me in that. I desperately need your guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Reading: Psalms 125-129 Scripture: Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, its buildier build in vain. Observation: Unless you are following God&#8217;s plan, your work will not bear true fruit. Application: I want to do so much and often I feel as though I am overwhelmed and working so hard yet getting nothing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[371],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-3345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-psalms","tag-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345","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=3345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9309,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions\/9309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}