{"id":1568,"date":"2010-02-27T23:05:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T03:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2010-02-27T23:05:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T03:05:58","slug":"heal-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=1568","title":{"rendered":"HEAL project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I followed my usual routine of feeding &#8220;my&#8221; birds.  As I was scraping the suet on the side of the trees, I had several goldfinch come with inches of me.  It always brings me such job to be close to nature.<\/p>\n<p>As I stood there, smiling and happy, it occurred to me that in a way, I&#8217;m like God&#8217;s bird.  The birds that come close to me, that aren&#8217;t afraid of me, that want to spend time with me. . . . how special they are to me!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Partners\/HEAL-project-of-GNLI\/IMG0329\/798452379_cdjjP-S.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><br \/>\nI just stand there and smile with joy.<\/p>\n<p>How much the Father desires our company, our love.  How happy He is when we spend time with Him!  A very special moment indeed.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I had the fun of sharing about mental health with the HEAL project.  They&#8217;re part of the Gwinnett Neighborhood Leadership Initiative.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Partners\/HEAL-project-of-GNLI\/IMG0323\/798451371_4hkDk-S.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Partners\/HEAL-project-of-GNLI\/IMG0322\/798450862_8N5Qf-S.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Partners\/HEAL-project-of-GNLI\/IMG0324\/798451719_Y24TT-S.jpg\" alt=\"h\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was part of a panel that discussed ways that we could help bring better mental health to our communities.<\/p>\n<p>I also was able to share a guided visualization and relaxation exercise with them.  The group seemed to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Came home and ran 2 miles.  I&#8217;ve been out of the exercise loop for a while.  Trying to break my way back into it.  Felt good!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Partners\/HEAL-project-of-GNLI\/IMG0330\/798451253_oZ6J9-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\nHad a nice rest when I got home.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoyed hanging out with K this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful full moon this evening.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Partners\/HEAL-project-of-GNLI\/IMG0332\/798451899_6vroV-S.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><\/p>\n<p> It&#8217;s what I call a &#8220;Woo HOO&#8221; moon.  Cuz when I see it, I yell out &#8220;WOO HOO&#8221; at the top of my lungs.  Not sure the neighbors dig it. But once a month I reckon they can stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I followed my usual routine of feeding &#8220;my&#8221; birds. As I was scraping the suet on the side of the trees, I had several goldfinch come with inches of me. It always brings me such job to be close to nature. As I stood there, smiling and happy, it occurred to me that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}