{"id":22413,"date":"2018-02-10T00:05:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T08:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=22413"},"modified":"2018-02-08T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T19:09:48","slug":"february-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2018\/02\/10\/february-10-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"February 10, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-background-repeat:repeat-y;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/February-2018-Devo-Template-1.jpg&quot;);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:40px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.&#8221;<\/em> Matthew 13:45-46<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Valuable<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While meandering among a group of kiosks, I passed a small jewelry display and noticed a necklace; I lingered, admiring it.\u00a0It was simple: a hand-stamped medallion and pearl hanging on a chain with the word \u201cUnshakeable\u201d stamped into the medallion.\u00a0That word drew my eyes like a magnet; I was drawn to it and intimidated by it at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>As I moved toward the next kiosk I heard God whisper, &#8220;Go back.\u201d\u00a0I went back and purchased the necklace.\u00a0I slipped it on, but couldn\u2019t stop thinking about the word on the medallion.\u00a0Why was I wearing this word around my neck, because I knew I was not unshakeable!<\/p>\n<p>I took some time to sit with the Lord and asked Him why this word&#8230;why this necklace?\u00a0While I fiddled with the medallion like I expected His voice to come from it,\u00a0the pearl caught my attention.\u00a0The verse above is what first came to my mind, yet I felt there was more.\u00a0God spoke to my heart that yes, that verse&#8230;but He also said that I am like that pearl of great price to Him, too\u2014that God had, in effect, \u201csold all He had\u201d for me when He sent His Son to die for my sins. I became that pearl of great price because He gave His best for me.<\/p>\n<p>He told my heart that He wanted me to have the necklace to remember that I am that pearl of great price to Him, and that I am not unshakeable, but He is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cFather-God, thank You for Your reminders of how precious we are to You.\u00a0Thank You for being Unshakeable yesterday, today, forever.\u00a0Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p92wjD-5Pv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22414,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22413\/revisions\/22414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}