{"id":32343,"date":"2021-06-23T03:30:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=32343"},"modified":"2021-06-22T09:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:27:39","slug":"june-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2021\/06\/23\/june-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"June 23, 2021"},"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;https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/June-2021-Devo-Template.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>\u201cIndeed these <\/em><em>are<\/em><em> the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him!\u201d<\/em> Job 26:14a<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Edges<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>A mini devotional<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have often stood at the edge of the ocean, toes digging deeper with each lap of saltwater rushing loose sand and foam over my feet. I listen for the sounds of life there: waves cresting, crashing; birds calling; breezes rushing in my ears.<\/p>\n<p>I know very little about what goes on under the surface\u2014but what I do know about it astounds me. I watch science and discovery and geographic-type programs that open the undersea world. These are things God sees and oversees every day. These things He made and hears, watches and controls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUndersea\u201d is a teeming place, full of life, operating according to the system that originated in God\u2019s wisdom. His system never fails to operate according to His sovereign care.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t know it all. Even a brilliant oceanographer can\u2019t know it all, because God\u2019s ways are higher than ours. Yet the undersea life continues to operate within the limits God set.<\/p>\n<p>So all I can do is stand on the brink\u2014the edges of His ways\u2014and listen for His whisper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mighty God, give us ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to know You\u2014even if we can only stand and ponder at the edges of Your ways. Amen.<\/em><\/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-32343","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-8pF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343","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=32343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32344,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343\/revisions\/32344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}