{"id":22702,"date":"2022-06-27T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=22702"},"modified":"2022-06-27T12:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:20:43","slug":"big-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/big-little-things\/","title":{"rendered":"big little things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, I awoke very early with a predictable headache from little sleep. I prayed for help, as I had hit a real limit in capacity. The relief came suddenly and completely, beyond what I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also recently, I prayed on a Sunday morning that I could speak to a particular friend at church. I really needed some insight only she could give. I arrived early to the meeting, prepared to seek her out. She sat down in the seat I had saved, even before I could wave to her and welcome her. Then, the meeting ended 10 minutes early so there was extra time to talk. Her words were incredibly helpful and a specific answer to my prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t think that prayer is like a vending machine, where you just enter your code and money and expect the exact thing you want will drop. But, I have seen that prayers offered during painful times are met with particular tenderness. I have also seen that prayers asking for specific helps towards a solution are effective. This was the case in this prayer to be able to speak with a friend. I didn&#8217;t ask that my dilemma just go away, but that I could be given insights in a casual, friendly talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My stress is still there, and sometimes I still can&#8217;t sleep. My dilemma isn&#8217;t completely solved, but these recent answers to prayer are like stepping stones, indicating a path, and the presence of God in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5272022115735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5272022115735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5272022115735.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5272022115735-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, probably most times, the blessings come without my asking. Last week, Paige and Michael came over to help care for Richard&#8217;s apple tree. After they bagged hundreds of baby apples, without being asked, they cleared the debris from the backyard which fell during a terrible windstorm. They filled three wheel barrows full of twigs and branches and carried them off the lawn. They were such a blessing that day. Yard work has been a big part of my life lately as we prepare for a wedding celebration, and those branches were a setback. Hooray for inspired and helpful children, and a Father in Heaven who is in the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I awoke very early with a predictable headache from little sleep. I prayed for help, as I had hit a real limit in capacity. The relief came suddenly and completely, beyond what I expected. Also recently, I prayed on a Sunday morning that I could speak to a particular friend at church. I really &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/big-little-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">big little things<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22702"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22720,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22702\/revisions\/22720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}