{"id":34538,"date":"2015-01-13T21:02:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T02:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?p=34538"},"modified":"2020-10-10T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T21:40:59","slug":"listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am a loving and beloved child of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christian29_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-25864 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christian29_300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"christian29_300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christian29_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christian29_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christian29_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>On this day, I take the time to listen to what those around me are saying <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Thinking\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_thinking.gif\" alt=\":-k\" \/> I appreciate every word of encouragement, every bit of knowledge shared. I listen for the sound of joyful laughter or for a delighted shout of surprise. And each time I hear such joy, I offer a word of thanks to God, who has given me the ability to listen beyond the mere syntax of words <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Very Happy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I truly listen, I hear the unspoken need in a neighbor\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s voice and offer to be of help. If I see someone in distress, I offer a helping hand and words of comfort <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smile\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/> I do my best to communicate with those who do not speak the same language as I do.<\/p>\n<p>And I listen to that still small voice within that is constantly reminding me that I am a beloved child of God <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;There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">1 Corinthians 14:10<\/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>I am a loving and beloved child of God. On this day, I take the time to listen to what those around me are saying I appreciate every word of encouragement, every bit of knowledge shared. I listen for the sound of joyful laughter or for a delighted shout of surprise. And each time I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":86190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34538","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\/34538","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=34538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}