{"id":27308,"date":"2015-08-21T00:15:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T04:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27308"},"modified":"2015-08-20T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T18:30:56","slug":"washed-by-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/21\/washed-by-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Washed by the Water"},"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;\">Daddy was a preacher<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> She was his wife<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just trying to make the world a little better<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You know, shine a light<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">People started talking<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Trying to hear their own voice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Those people tried to accuse my father<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Said he made the wrong choice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Though it might be painful<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You know that time will always tell<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Those people have long since gone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My father never failed<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Even when the rain falls <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Even when the flood starts rising <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Even when the storm comes <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>I am washed by the water <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Even if the earth crumbles under my feet<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Even if the ones I love turn around and crucify me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I won&#8217;t never ever let You down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I won&#8217;t fall, I won&#8217;t fall, I won&#8217;t fall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> As long as You&#8217;re around me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/txnToAs2RY4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>NeedToBreathe<\/em><br \/>\nWilliam Rinehart, Nathaniel Rinehart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>School started in our home last week with three little ones off to learn and grow. \u00a0I try to find teachable moments with my children that will help them face the trials and lessons that come in elementary and middle school&#8212;and there are more than I would like to count. \u00a0Daily it seems as if the kids come home with a story of a situation (not always involving them) that they have knowledge of. \u00a0Because of the amount of negative stuff around them I always try to teach them that God is always with us. \u00a0And that He never leaves us. But, driving to work listening to this song, I realized that this is not just a lesson for my kids&#8230;it is a lesson for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Whether we work inside the home, outside of the home, are retired, or whatever situation we find ourselves in, we are surrounded with an overwhelming amount of stuff, that we need to be reminded that &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>even when the rain falls, even when the flood starts rising, even when the storm comes, I am washed by the water&#8217;<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0And that despite how overwhelmed we may feel, that we will never fail as long as God is on our side.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So as I remind my kids (and as I remind myself, and as I remind you):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>despite what the world may look like<\/li>\n<li>despite who is talking to hear themselves talk<\/li>\n<li>despite the attempts Satan makes to stop us&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">God is <span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">on our side<\/span>. \u00a0 He is <span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">our strength<\/span>. \u00a0 He is<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"> our Living Water<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Heavenly Father, You are our Strength and You are the Living Water, with You we can never fail. \u00a0The world may try to tell us one thing but Your promises tell us another. \u00a0Let us take comfort in You and in Your Word. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daddy was a preacher She was his wife Just trying to make the world a little better You know, shine a light People started talking Trying to hear their own voice Those people tried to accuse my father Said he made the wrong choice Though it might be painful You know that time will always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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":[1287,425,6139,4932,1075,9293],"class_list":["post-27308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-needtobreathe","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tonya-ellison","tag-washed-by-the-water","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-76s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27308","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27308"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27313,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27308\/revisions\/27313"}],"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=27308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}