{"id":643,"date":"2009-04-12T16:31:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=643"},"modified":"2009-04-12T17:25:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T21:25:19","slug":"easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up with a terrible headache.\u00a0 Last couple of days have been miserable.\u00a0 I guess it&#8217;s all the pollen.\u00a0 Kathy has been sick too.\u00a0 She&#8217;s feeling a little better this afternoon.\u00a0 She&#8217;d had a fever.<\/p>\n<p>The flowers are beautiful. I reckon the pollen is just part of it!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/510929623_4rKL3-M.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/510929858_PZfuU-M.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my quiet time this morning, I read where Jesus told his disciples that they had to &#8220;count the cost and carry their cross.&#8221;\u00a0 He said how we have to &#8220;love Him more than our own wives or children.&#8221; That&#8217;s heavy!\u00a0 On this special day when we remember how He gave up even his own life, our dedication seems pretty insignificant. Lord, forgive me when I take your love for granted!<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon K and I went to eat lunch with Kathy&#8217;s brothers and sisters.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always fun to see the whole family together.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/510933855_dsiXZ-M.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><br \/>\nCame home to rest and take more tylenol.<\/p>\n<p>Great to spend time with my children!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/510929243_RQ2z2-M.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter!\u00a0 He is RISEN!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/510929302_jSHcG-M.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Life is fragile! Not for the weak of stomach.<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hcX12ET1-XY&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hcX12ET1-XY&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up with a terrible headache.\u00a0 Last couple of days have been miserable.\u00a0 I guess it&#8217;s all the pollen.\u00a0 Kathy has been sick too.\u00a0 She&#8217;s feeling a little better this afternoon.\u00a0 She&#8217;d had a fever. The flowers are beautiful. I reckon the pollen is just part of it! In my quiet time this morning, I [&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\/643"}],"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=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}