{"id":14,"date":"2008-01-25T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/25\/a-quick-thank-you\/"},"modified":"2008-01-25T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-26T00:47:00","slug":"a-quick-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/25\/a-quick-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Thank you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfyN1hJQqRU\/R5p4FbKlV1I\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/TQFGivwzzSo\/s1600-h\/BackLightCross.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfyN1hJQqRU\/R5p4FbKlV1I\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/TQFGivwzzSo\/s200\/BackLightCross.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159568357693151058\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Well, I just found out a dear friend has been reading this.  I want to give a shout out to her.  I spent two years in a Diakonia class with here, and had no idea that she even knew about my blog.  However, she has responded to my last post on Adult Bible study.  My son is welcome to attend this adult Bible study.  I know we cannot make this week, as I am in California this week.  However, I plan on trying to bring my son the following study.  I hope he will come and participate and see a side of me he has not.  Bible study really is something I enjoy and want him to as well, as he is in that questioning stage of life.  Or should I say, that know it all stage of life as a teen!  I love him very much.  Sometimes I don&#8217;t think he knows, but I do love him more than he will know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I just found out a dear friend has been reading this. I want to give a shout out to her. I spent two years in a Diakonia class with here, and had no idea that she even knew about my blog. However, she has responded to my last post on Adult Bible study. My &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/25\/a-quick-thank-you\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-14","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-e","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/18\/talk-about-a-double-standard\/","url_meta":{"origin":14,"position":0},"title":"Talk about a Double Standard","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"January 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a saying that I use in jest, but sometimes it just fits. 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