{"id":119,"date":"2016-10-15T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2016-10-14T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:26:25","slug":"the-human-and-the-godly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/the-human-and-the-godly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human and the Godly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where does my gifting begin and the anointing of God end? When people encounter me, do they clock how much of who I am is actually God working through me? When I speak out encouragement, give of myself or take time to pray, I am sometimes concerned that others may perceive me as something I am not! At times the timid, frightened me stands up to speak out on behalf of the marginalized. At other times the stuttering, confused me finds words full of love and eloquence. And at times the hesitant, doubting me finds faith to share, and bring hope and reassurance to the lost and the broken.<\/p>\n<p>Yet I am a blend, a mix of human and heavenly. I&#8217;m stirred by kingdom promises, to create new flavours. I truly am a fusion of redemptive love and vulnerable humanity. Believe me, this is not an equation complete.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%2012:1-3\"> I am work in progress!<\/a> When I walk daily upon the love, truth\u00a0 and grace laid out in the word of God, I find kingdom life awakens. Now, in the darkness and dirt of a fallen world, truly amazing life moments happen. May I always give this life out to others. This is not <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_corinthians\/5-17.htm\">the &#8220;old&#8221; me, but the &#8220;new&#8221; me.<\/a> The restored me! Forgiven me! Free me! Hopeful me! <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/colossians\/1-27.htm\">God through me!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does my gifting begin and the anointing of God end? When people encounter me, do they clock how much of who I am is actually God working through me? When I speak out encouragement, give of myself or take time to pray, I am sometimes concerned that others may perceive me as something I <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/the-human-and-the-godly\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[13],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflections","tag-reflection"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mary_600.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-1V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/prayer-connects\/","url_meta":{"origin":119,"position":0},"title":"Prayer Connects","date":"April 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The poem in this film just poured out of me one night like a continuous stream of ideas, so I am a little uncertain even about attributing it to myself. 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