{"id":34620,"date":"2015-01-13T22:10:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T03:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?p=34620"},"modified":"2020-10-10T16:40:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T21:40:52","slug":"thankfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/thankfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am gratitude in action!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pray14_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-25517 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pray14_300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pray14_300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pray14_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pray14_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pray14_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>True thankfulness is a state of being&#8211;a state created by my thoughts, words and actions <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Idea\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_idea.gif\" alt=\":idea:\" \/> A word of kindness and support, a smile shared or a note of appreciation can positively influence those around me. My own life is improved as well <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smile\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":smile:\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I look closely, I find so much to be thankful for. By developing the practice of recognizing my blessings, I become gratitude in action. I feel gratitude most deeply in prayer and meditation, giving thanks for the divine nature at the center of my being <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pray\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_pray.gif\" alt=\":pray:\" \/> This deep sense of gratitude changes me. I am grateful for life, for the love of those around me, for the abundance that sustains me, and for the lessons life offers me. Grateful to God and thankful for others, I become thankfulness itself&#8211;I am gratitude in action <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Exclamation\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_exclaim.gif\" alt=\":!:\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Colossians 3:15<\/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 gratitude in action! True thankfulness is a state of being&#8211;a state created by my thoughts, words and actions A word of kindness and support, a smile shared or a note of appreciation can positively influence those around me. My own life is improved as well If I look closely, I find so much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":86187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34620","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\/34620","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=34620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}