{"id":26293,"date":"2015-06-14T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26293"},"modified":"2015-06-13T22:43:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T02:43:40","slug":"slumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/14\/slumber\/","title":{"rendered":"Slumber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Days they force you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Back under those covers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lazy mornings they multiply<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But glory&#8217;s waiting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Outside your window<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So wake on up from your slumber<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And open up your eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Tongues are violent<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Personal and focused<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Tough to beat with<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your steady mind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But hearts are stronger after broken<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So wake on up from your slumber<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And open up your eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">All these victims<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stand in line for<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The crumbs that fall from the table.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just enough to get by<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All the while you&#8217;re<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Invitation<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wake on up from your slumber<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come on; open up your eyes\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Take from vandals<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All you want now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But please don&#8217;t trade it in for life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Replace the feeble<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With the fable<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wake on up from your slumber,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And open up your eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sing like we used to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Dance when you want to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Taste of the breakthrough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And open wide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sing like we used to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And dance like you want to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Open up your eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0VfRa4RIiM0?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0NeedToBreathe<br \/>\nBo Rinehart and Bear Rinehart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesus came so that we might have life&#8230;not just mediocre life, but abundant life! \u00a0A life full of joy and laughter and peace in the midst of hard. \u00a0He didn&#8217;t come so that we can just have the &#8220;crumbs&#8221; that fall off the table, but for us to have the full loaf and so much more! \u00a0 He doesn&#8217;t want us just trudging to make it to the next bank deposit, or the next new car, or the next new outfit. \u00a0No, Jesus wants us to skip along and smile and laugh <strong><em>in spite<\/em><\/strong> of those hard things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She is clothed with strength and dignity,<br \/>\nand she laughs without fear of the future.<br \/>\nProverbs 31:25 NLT<\/p>\n<p>I know there are days that we see the sun and instead of seeing it&#8217;s beauty, we really want to climb back into bed. \u00a0We are raining on the inside. \u00a0But God has an invitation for us to wake up and see the world that He created for us. \u00a0He wants us to feel the love that He feels for us and to embrace the grace that He so freely gives us when we trip and stumble and fall. \u00a0And when you sing and dance just because, He smiles on you and dances over you from heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.<br \/>\nHe will take great delight in you;<br \/>\nin His love He will no longer rebuke you,<br \/>\nbut will rejoice over you with singing.<br \/>\nZephaniah 3:17<\/p>\n<p>What does your life look like today? \u00a0Are you truly living the life that Jesus died for you to have? \u00a0Or are you just walking through life with your eyes half open, just barely making it. \u00a0If that is you, I pray that Jesus will send you so much joy and sunshine that you can&#8217;t miss it&#8230;and you will want to open your eyes and just breathe it all in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Let us pray<\/em><\/span>: Dear God, You are so amazing and loving and want so much for each of us. \u00a0Thank You for the sunshine and for the abundant life that You sent Your only Son to die for. \u00a0Oh Lord, forgive us when we take our life for granted and all the blessings that are staring us in the face for there is always something to praise You for! \u00a0We love You and we praise You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days they force you Back under those covers Lazy mornings they multiply But glory&#8217;s waiting Outside your window So wake on up from your slumber And open up your eyes Tongues are violent Personal and focused Tough to beat with Your steady mind But hearts are stronger after broken So wake on up from your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":16629,"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":[4937],"tags":[1287,425,589,9020,9021,4932,938,1912],"class_list":["post-26293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-kim-spring","tag-need-to-breathe-slumber","tag-proverbs-3125","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","tag-zephaniah-317","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-slumber","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26293","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26293"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26301,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26293\/revisions\/26301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}