{"id":167,"date":"2017-03-04T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2017-03-04T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T19:47:48","slug":"feed-my-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Feed My Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Spring-lamb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Spring-lamb-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Spring-lamb-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Spring-lamb.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those who have young. Isaiah 40:11<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spring.\u00a0 A time of birth and renewal.\u00a0 A time to throw off\u00a0 heavy winter coats and free the body to absorb the sun.<\/p>\n<p>It was\u00a0a long winter. Dissention and\u00a0hate blew\u00a0over the land like a cold and\u00a0angry blizzard. Name calling and\u00a0division, throwing rocks and crude and cruel words.\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0winter\u00a0with a stifling, \u00a0oppressive burden\u00a0to hearts and heads and souls, leaving us weak and disillusioned.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to throw off\u00a0last winter&#8217;s\u00a0crippling heaviness in the spirit of spring. To turn away from\u00a0what poisons\u00a0hearts and minds.\u00a0It is time to feed\u00a0each other with the natural and healthy foods\u00a0that strengthen and satisfy body and soul. Time to bask in the warmth of gratitude, of please and thank you, of kindness and humility. It&#8217;s time to play\u00a0light-hearted with our children and teach them the beautiful\u00a0spirit of spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those who have young. Isaiah 40:11 Spring.\u00a0 A time of birth and renewal.\u00a0 A time to throw off\u00a0 heavy winter coats and free the body to absorb the sun. It was\u00a0a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/?p=167\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feed My Sheep<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayerobertswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}