{"id":242,"date":"2011-01-21T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2011-01-21T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T18:34:00","slug":"the-story-that-sums-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"The Story That Sums It Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/TTnVZmGaLxI\/AAAAAAAAKbo\/qRduafDLIik\/s1600\/DSC08832.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/TTnVZmGaLxI\/AAAAAAAAKbo\/qRduafDLIik\/s320\/DSC08832.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564713450293833490\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>So much of what I have been studying lately pushes me to own my part in the world and then to accept Christs mercy&#8230; to not waste time with blaming, admitting what I don&#8217;t know about the big stuff in life&#8230; This story came to my attention AGAIN and it so simply sums up what I am chewing on.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;When the TIMES <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">invited several eminent authors to write essays on the theme &#8220;What&#8217;s  Wrong with the World?&#8221; Chesterton&#8217;s contribution took the form of a  letter: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n<p>Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, G. K. Chesterton<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chesterton here combined wit with a serious point \u2013 that of fallen human nature and humility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>May I take this idea as a jumping point and not be so angry about things that come my way but to think beyond myself, having empathy for others and trust in Christs ultimate goal.  May I live love here and now, with the understanding that it isn&#8217;t a perfect world but the perfect way to prepare all of us for the perfect world to come.  I feel like this is a big step on my road to being a woman of thankful heart, a woman who is not in denial about how hard life IS but has happiness in her Lord through its ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p><span>TTFN<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much of what I have been studying lately pushes me to own my part in the world and then to accept Christs mercy&#8230; to not waste time with blaming, admitting what I don&#8217;t know about the big stuff in life&#8230; This story came to my attention AGAIN and it so simply sums up what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}