{"id":20870,"date":"2014-07-31T00:20:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T04:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20870"},"modified":"2014-07-30T23:03:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T03:03:56","slug":"wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/31\/wake\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m ready, God, so ready,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>ready from head to toe,<\/span><\/span>
\nReady to sing, ready to raise a tune:<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWake up, soul!<\/span><\/span>
\nWake up, harp! wake up, lute!<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m thanking you, God<\/span>, out loud in the streets,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>singing your praises in town and country.<\/span><\/span>
\nThe deeper your love, the higher it goes;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>every cloud is a flag to your faithfulness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Soar high in the skies, O God!<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Cover the whole earth with your glory!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Psalms 57:7-11 (The Message)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

David was so thankful!\u00a0\u00a0David grew up relying on God’s great strength and guidance. \u00a0Whatever was placed in David’s way, God was there. \u00a0All David had to do was to call upon the name of the Lord.<\/p>\n

Who is on your speed dial when trouble arises? Most likely it is a trusted friend or a parent. Sometimes it can be a counselor or our pastor.\u00a0It should be<\/em> our Lord. \u00a0<\/strong>We are human. We have a need to discuss our shortcomings and our fears with each other. A girlfriend and I were discussing our children and our fears for them. She was saying how she was afraid her son\u00a0was going to make wrong decisions again and was holding on to him so tightly that he was suffocating. I explained to her how she needed to release those fears and give them to God. If we don’t do that, especially if they are older, they will run at the first opportunity they get. She mentioned how, now that her daughter in on her own, she does not worry so much about her. But because her son is still home, she does.<\/p>\n

Maturity occurs at different stages for each of us. I did not move out until I was 23. Her daughter moved out at 21 and my son moved out at 22. My step-daughter moved in with us at 25 and has since moved into an apartment with a friend at 27. Life is an adventure that we should embrace and praise Him for. We need to find positives about each stage we and others are at in our lives.<\/p>\n

*<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n

Father, thank You for Your unconditional love! \u00a0I give You praise for what has and what will happen. \u00a0Good or bad…You are always there, standing, watching, sending your Holy Spirit to prompt us when we need it. \u00a0Give us David’s heart and love he had for You. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, Amen.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m ready, God, so ready, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ready from head to toe, Ready to sing, ready to raise a tune: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWake up, soul! Wake up, harp! wake up, lute! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!\u201d I\u2019m thanking you, God, out loud in the streets, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0singing your praises in town and country. The deeper your love, the higher it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3367,6910,1287,425,6891,3174,1071,2392],"class_list":["post-20870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-davids-example","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-psalms-577-11","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tina-marin","tag-unconditional-love","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-wake","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20870"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21003,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20870\/revisions\/21003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}