{"id":34519,"date":"2015-01-13T20:29:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T01:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?p=34519"},"modified":"2020-10-10T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T21:41:01","slug":"bless-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/bless-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless The Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God bless children, for they are the teachers and peacemakers of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray18_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-25757 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray18_300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pray18_300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray18_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray18_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray18_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>When I contemplate the miracles of life and the hope that children are, I realize that they find joy in so many things that adults have forgotten. Children remind grown-ups how to be pure joy in expression <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Idea\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_idea.gif\" alt=\":idea:\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To be in the presence of children is to look through the eyes of those who live each day to the fullest, who perceive a miracle in every situation. Children are life&#8217;s greatest teachers, for to them, all people are beautiful, all ability levels are special, and all cultures and backgrounds are marvelous and interesting <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Surprised\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_surprised.gif\" alt=\":o\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I take the time to mentor and care for the children, even as they mentor and care about me. The children in my life are well fed, well cared for, and always have someone to look up to and trust <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wink\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_wink.gif\" alt=\":wink:\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Matthew 19:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.dailyword.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God bless children, for they are the teachers and peacemakers of the world. When I contemplate the miracles of life and the hope that children are, I realize that they find joy in so many things that adults have forgotten. Children remind grown-ups how to be pure joy in expression To be in the presence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":86220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts","category-christian-news-videos-and-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}